First cargo ship to sail from Mangaluru Old Port to Maldives
Mangaluru, Dec 14: A cargo ship from the Old Port here would be sailing with vegetables and organic manure to Maldives late Monday.
The ship 'MSV Noore Al-Kadari-II' with 200 tonnes of the goods would reach Maldives in four or five days.
This is the first time goods are being exported to the island from the Old Port, said contractor Charandas V Karkera.
Export activities would get a boost with this new business relation and more exports are expected from the port in future, he said.
There is a demand for organic manure in Maldives for the coconut and other farms. The manure is made of coconut husks and cow dung, he said.
Karkera has hired the ship for Rs 5 lakh per month, which would make two trips to the island in a month.
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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.
