Airport on alert for foreign jewel thieves

The Mumbai airport was put on high alert at 2.30 am today, as the Goregaon police came close to cracking the Rs 6.5-crore diamond heist at the India International Jewellery Show organised at NSE Grounds.
Based on the footage from the CCTVs installed at the venue, the cops have identified three foreign nationals, including a woman as suspects. Custom officials have been informed about the heist and are on a vigil and so is the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), according to the police.
"There is a possibility that the foreigners might leave the state or even flee from the country. So, we are taking help from the airport security and CISF for tracing the three suspects," said a senior cop investigating the case.
"After going through the CCTV footage, the police have given us sketches of the three suspects and we are on the look out," added a CISF official, requesting anonymity.
The Goregoan police also deployed two teams at the airport to look out for the suspects, after they questioned four people working at the exhibition late last night.
24/08/10 Vikas Mishra/MiD DAY

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