Karnataka impose weekend curfew in eight border districts including Dakshina Kannada
Night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am imposed across state
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced a weekend curfew in the districts bordering with Kerala and Maharashtra and night curfew across the state in the wake of the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the neighboring states.
Speaking to reporters, the new CM of the state announced the fresh regulations on Friday afternoon. The weekend curfew in border districts will come into force starting Friday night and will be in place till Monday morning.
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The night curfew across the state will be in force from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am in the morning.
The weekend curfew will be imposed in Dakshina Kannada Chamarajanagar, Mysore, and Kodagu (Coorg), Belgavi, Vijaypura, Bidar, and Kalaburagi.
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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.
