Lockdown in Dakshina Kannada to be extended for another week after June 14: Dist In-Charge Minister
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District in-charge minister Kota Shrinivas Poojary on Thursday afternoon added that the COVID lockdown in the state will be extended for another week after June 14.
The current lockdown that is in place in the district was supposed to end on June 14 will now be extended for another week.
Poojary was speaking to reporters after attending meeting with CM along with in-charge ministers and DC’s of eight districts including Belagavi, Chikkamagaluru, Hasan, Mysuru, Mandya, Shimoga and Tumkuru along with Dakshina Kannada.
During the meeting, Poojary said he has requested the CM to consider extending lockdown in the district for another week after June 14.
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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.
