Kasargod: Six including an infant killed in horrific accident as bus rams into house; 40 injured
Kasargod: In a horrific road mishap, at least six people including an infant died, and another 40 sustained injuries when a bus carrying people for a wedding rammed into a house near the Kerala-Karnataka border in Panettur here on Sunday afternoon.
40 injured people were soon rushed to hospitals in Mangaluru and elsewhere. According to the reports, the incident took place when the driver lost control over the wheels and rammed the bus into a house.
Locals added that all the passengers on the bus were rescued and taken out from the debris, and were rushed to hospitals.
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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.
