Apple Mart felicitates Footballer Mohammed Rafi, businessman Basheer Sagar
Mangaluru: One of the leading supermarket chains of the city, Apple Mart on Sunday felicitated national level football player Mohammed Rafi.
Rafi, who hails from Kasargod district was in the city to attend a event. Rafi is a well recognised name in the football circuits in the country.
He has played for various club and franchise teams including in Indian Super League. Rafi has also represented India in eight international games and has scored a goal against Kuwait.
During the event, Saudi Arabia-based NRI businessman Basheer Sagar was also felicitated for arranging chartered flight for 175 people stuck in Saudi Arabia amidst COVID pandemic.
Apple Group of Companies' directors Niyaz AK, Nazim AK, Architect Mohammed Nissar, Mohammed Haneef were present during the event along with REEMS company's owner Mukhtar, Businessman Farooq Hussain, Haneef Sagar Silks, Beary's Port Promotors chief Muhammad Abbas Hussain (Noor), Khalid Accurate and Abubaker Land Trade and others were present.
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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.
