Dakshina Kannada District Observes Weekend Curfew: Police maintain strict measures
Mangaluru: In the background of the 2-days weekend curfew in the Dakshina Kannada district, the police have undertaken strict measures of implementation. The vehicles running on the roads due to unnecessary reasons are being seized in this regard.
The police have seized the various vehicles for venturing out unnecessarily at Kadri, Nanthur, Kulur, and several other locations. In the background of the strict weekend curfew, the police have set up more than 40 check posts in various parts of the city, where vehicles are being thoroughly inspected, officials have revealed.
Mangaluru Commissionerate’s DCP Hariram Shankar has clarified that apart from the operation of government hospitals – Medical, Milk services, permission has not been given to any other activities in the wake of the weekend curfew.
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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.
