Pune: Nine injured as car rams into people standing around tea stall
Pune, May 31 (PTI): Nine people including some students were injured after a car rammed into them in Sadashiv Peth area of Pune city on Saturday evening, police said.
The incident took place near Bhave School around 5.45 pm.
The victims, including a few students appearing for civil service exams, were standing around a tea stall when the car hit them, said senior inspector Vijaymala Pawar of Vishrambag police station.
Two persons including the car driver were taken into custody and their medical tests were being conducted to ascertain if they were under the influence, she said.
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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.
