The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (south) team caught two people illegally storing chemicals on Saturday and seized property worth Rs 40 lakh.
S Raghavendra, Task Force Inspector, said that based on a tip-off, the team and Musheerabad police raided a godown at Bakaram and seized about 500 barrels of calcium carbide chemical which were being stored illegally without a valid license and permission.
Joshua Caleb (35) and Isaac Clinton (32) obtained the chemical illegally in Gujarat and Rajasthan and stored it here.
Calcium carbide forms highly flammable and explosive acetylene gas when exposed to water or moisture. An explosion and fire result from this. Police reported that the chemical may cause immediate or short-term health effects, including rashes, redness and a burning sensation on the skin, as well as damage to the eyes over time.
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Four members of gold smuggling syndicate arrested
On Tuesday, the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force and customs officials apprehended four people who were allegedly part of a gold smuggling syndicate. They had 1 kg of gold seized by the police.
Mohammed Khaja Mohiuddin (38) of Golconda, and Rayees Ahmed Sayeed Hussain (48), Sarim Hussain (29) and Fouzan (38) of Karnataka have been apprehended.
Khaja Mohiuddin, according to the police, went to the UAE on a visit visa and ran out of money. One Mustakin met him there and offered him money and a plane ticket in exchange for bringing gold into the country. Khaja Mohiuddin brought three gold capsules weighing a total of one kilogram to Hyderabad and handed them over to three people: Rayeez, Hussain and Fouzan.
According to reports, the Commissioner’s Task Force team, along with customs officials, apprehended them at City College Junction and recovered the gold. Customs officials are looking into it.
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