CPI(M) condemns Israel for intercepting Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg onboard
New Delhi (PTI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M A Baby on Monday condemned Israel for intercepting the yacht carrying Greta Thunberg and others with humanitarian aid for Gaza.
"CPIM condemns the Israeli govt for intercepting the yacht carrying Greta Thunberg and 12 others with humanitarian aid to Gaza," Baby said in a post on X.
"The safety of the yacht has to be ensured and aid allowed to Gaza," he said.
Enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory, Israeli forces stopped the Gaza-bound aid boat early Monday and detained Thunberg and other activists onboard.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which had organised the voyage to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip and protest Israel's blockade and wartime conduct, said the activists had been "kidnapped by Israeli forces" and released pre-recorded messages from them.
CPIM condemns the Israeli govt for intercepting the yacht carrying #GretaThunberg and 12 others with humanitarian aid to Gaza. The safety of the yacht has to be ensured and aid allowed to #Gaza.
— M A Baby (@MABABYCPIM) June 9, 2025
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
