Navi Mumbai Police have charged five persons for allegedly cheating an Iranian date trader of nearly Rs 4.3 crore, an official said on Friday. The accused persons, including proprietors of two trading firms, had procured dates from the complainant but never made his payment, the official told news agency PTI. 

Per the PTI report, the trader said that he had dispatched 23 containers with dates from the Bandra Abbas port in Iran to two Mumbai-based traders in 2020. Reportedly, the accused, after having received the consignment of dates, falsified papers to make it look like the company`s associate in Dubai had supplied the fruits.