Kasaragod: Boat capsizes in Sea, Fishermen Rescued
Kasaragod: In an incident that occurred on Wednesday night, a fishing boat reportedly capsized at Bekal after being caught in heavy tides, causing the five fishermen on-board to be stranded at sea. The personnel from the Coast Guard and Department of Fisheries, were immediately dispatched for search and rescue, and the fishermen were successfully rescued.
The incident took place 10 nautical miles away from the Kasaragod shores, where the boat inadvertently got caught amid rough tides and capsized at sea, while the fishermen were stuck at one end of the vessel.
The Coast Guard acted immediately upon receiving the distress call and rescued all fishermen and brought them to the shore. Two days ago this particular boat named ‘Maria’ had left from Neeleshwar Ayittala and got caught in the sea. The people on-board wear reportedly all residents of Thiruvananthapuram.
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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.
