{
  "id": 18883401,
  "title": "Mumbai Crime: Three Held For Allegedly Posing As Customs Officers At Airport, Extorting Money From Passengers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/mumbai-crime-three-held-for-allegedly-posing-as-customs-officers-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T06:11:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-crime-three-held-for-allegedly-posing-as-customs-officers-at-airport-extorting-money-from-passengers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai police have arrested three men for allegedly posing as customs officers and extorting money from passengers at the airport. The accused individuals are Mohammad Zohaib Usman Baloch, Zaid Nadeem Sheikh, and Saliya Saeed Ahmed Qureshi. Baloch resides in Andheri (West), Sheikh lives in Malad (West), and Qureshi runs a tiffin service. The trio allegedly used fake identity cards from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Customs department to carry out their extortion scheme. They targeted international passengers, threatening them with fines for carrying prohibited items. When confronted, one of the accused grabbed a passenger's passport and phone, demanding to inspect his luggage. A traffic official intervened, halting the incident. The arrested men confessed to targeting passengers by pretending to be enforcement officials. Police are now investigating if the accused duped other passengers, the duration of their criminal activities, and if they had any accomplices.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have reportedly arrested three men for allegedly posing as customs officers and extorting money from passengers by threatening them with fines for carrying prohibited items. Those arrested have been identified as Andheri (West) resident Mohammad Zohaib Usman Baloch and Malad (West) residents Zaid Nadeem Sheikh and Saliya Saeed Ahmed Qureshi, the Hindustan Times reported.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}