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Cops hunt for family that crashes weddings to steal
It's not just free grub that draws in these uninvited guests to wedding dos. They're primarily there to swipe jewels and money. In the second reported case of a wedding-crashing family recently, cops are on the hunt for a 40-year-old woman, her teenage daughter and her younger son who have been caught on camera crashing a wedding venue and swiping ...
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Woman used to con Customs posing as a poor tourist
According to sources, the Vietnamese national Ly Loegsle (64), who on Wednesday was arrested with two-kg of cocaine ('2 foreigners caught with 6 kg of cocaine', August 23), on her previous visit to the city had posed as a poor tourist and had told officials that the purpose of her visit was to visit the churches and temples of Mumbai. She also mana...
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65-year-old flings self before speeding cars to earn a living
At 9 pm on Thursday, an elderly lady was suspiciously lurking around a road bend on Hill Road in Bandra. Strangely, none of the shopkeepers nearby seemed to find the incident odd. Sunday MiDDAY spotted her watching out for expensive-looking cars to take a turn. As soon as one did, she'd fall right in front of it, feign injury and demand monetary co...
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Mumbai: Con couple held in ads-on-cars scam
In a plot fit for a Bollywood flick, a young couple charmed a considerable number of people into parting with their hard earned money, through an almost flawlessly executed plan.The couple launched a buy-a-car-and-advertise scheme, thereby attracting hundreds of customers with an unbelievable offer through advertisements in several leading newspape...
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Mumbai: Courier boy held for duping shipping firm
A courier boy, working in a shipping firm as a delivery boy was unhappy with the salary. Besides, his employers also refused an appraisal. He then hatched an ingenious plan to dupe his employer. Accordingly, instead of delivering a payment of Rs15 lakh to the firm's client, he decamped with the money, all in a bid to teach his employer a hard lesso...
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Mumbai: Con men show chauffeurs money, flee with valuables
Four con men were arrested by the Marine Drive police on Friday. They would distract drivers of parked four-wheelers by throwing currency notes of Rs 500 or Rs 100 denominations on the road and then decamp with laptops, mobile phones or cash kept in the car. "Balan Servai, 35, Kartik Servai 19, Kumaran Servai, 27 and Fakhruddhin Sheikh, 30, have be...
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Cops hunt for family that crashes weddings to steal
It's not just free grub that draws in these uninvited guests to wedding dos. They're primarily there to swipe jewels and money. In the second reported case of a wedding-crashing family recently, cops are on the hunt for a 40-year-old woman, her teenage daughter and her younger son who have been caught on camera crashing a wedding venue and swiping ...
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Woman used to con Customs posing as a poor tourist
According to sources, the Vietnamese national Ly Loegsle (64), who on Wednesday was arrested with two-kg of cocaine ('2 foreigners caught with 6 kg of cocaine', August 23), on her previous visit to the city had posed as a poor tourist and had told officials that the purpose of her visit was to visit the churches and temples of Mumbai. She also mana...
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65-year-old flings self before speeding cars to earn a living
At 9 pm on Thursday, an elderly lady was suspiciously lurking around a road bend on Hill Road in Bandra. Strangely, none of the shopkeepers nearby seemed to find the incident odd. Sunday MiDDAY spotted her watching out for expensive-looking cars to take a turn. As soon as one did, she'd fall right in front of it, feign injury and demand monetary co...
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Mumbai: Con couple held in ads-on-cars scam
In a plot fit for a Bollywood flick, a young couple charmed a considerable number of people into parting with their hard earned money, through an almost flawlessly executed plan.The couple launched a buy-a-car-and-advertise scheme, thereby attracting hundreds of customers with an unbelievable offer through advertisements in several leading newspape...
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Mumbai: Courier boy held for duping shipping firm
A courier boy, working in a shipping firm as a delivery boy was unhappy with the salary. Besides, his employers also refused an appraisal. He then hatched an ingenious plan to dupe his employer. Accordingly, instead of delivering a payment of Rs15 lakh to the firm's client, he decamped with the money, all in a bid to teach his employer a hard lesso...
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Mumbai: Con men show chauffeurs money, flee with valuables
Four con men were arrested by the Marine Drive police on Friday. They would distract drivers of parked four-wheelers by throwing currency notes of Rs 500 or Rs 100 denominations on the road and then decamp with laptops, mobile phones or cash kept in the car. "Balan Servai, 35, Kartik Servai 19, Kumaran Servai, 27 and Fakhruddhin Sheikh, 30, have be...
