Ganja worth Rs 2.66 lakh seized in Udupi
Udupi, Feb 5: Three people have been arrested on charges of trying to sell ganja and over Rs 2.66 lakh worth of the narcotic substance seized from them in Udupi district, police said on Friday.
The arrest and seizure were made near Manipal on Thursday during an operation by the police to nab the peddlers on a tip-off that ganja from Maharashtra was being brought for sale there, they said.
The accused were identified as Gautam Raju Shimunge, of Maharashtra, Jasvinder Singh hailed from Punjab, Giriya Krishna Jalagar belongs to Bramhavar.
Besides ganja worth Rs 2.66 lakh, the auto rickshaw used by the accused was also seized.
The operation was led by Udupi district superintendent of police Vishnuvardhan, additional SP Kumar Chandra and DySP Sudhakara Naik with police personnel from Manipal.
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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.
