Manki kin found:

News in Brief

Almost after a week-long-campaign on various social media sites, the family of a Mumbai native, Sebastian Manki, who passed away in Kuwait, could finally be located and informed about his death. Sebastian, who was working as a chauffeur, lived in Kuwait for over a decade. He was originally a resident of Bandra, reports meet day.com

Speaking to mid-day, a Christian community worker based in Kuwait, Robert Retinasamay, said, Last Friday, he died of a heart attack. Since then, we were trying to trace his family. A couple of his friends here contacted some people in Mumbai. I had also written to the Indian Embassy to help us locate his family. Following his death, his body was kept at the Farwania mortuary.

In the meantime, after a picture of his passport was posted on various social media sites, people started sharing it and tagging those with the last name Manki. Later, the picture was also tagged to various Christian communities in Bandra. As various social activists and locals of Bandra came to know about it, they started searching for Sebastians family.

Activist Furkan Shaikh said, I started looking for Sebastians family along with some friends from Bazar Road, Waroda Road and Pali. We tried to reach out to a number of colleges and churches in Bandra to find out whether they had any records regarding him. Later, we came to know that his family had been located and that they were in touch with his friends in Kuwait.

A relative of Sebastian said, I came to know about it through Facebook after people tagged me and others with the last name Manki. We are in touch with his friends in Kuwait and are in the process of performing his final rites. Smuggling bid foiled: Customs officers at the Al-Nuwaiseeb border post recently foiled the attempt of a 33-year-old Kuwaiti to smuggle heroin and Captagon tablets into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reports Al-Rai daily.

The citizen looked confused and officers seized 2 sachets of heroin and 75 narcotic pills from the secret compartment of his car.

Meanwhile, customs officers at the Kuwait International Airport recently foiled the attempt of an Asian woman to smuggle 3 kilos of marijuana, reports Annahar daily.

The drug was found hidden in her luggage. She has been handed over to the concerned authorities.