Mangaluru: 200 kg of ganja seized from truck, four held
Mangaluru, May 26: A total of 200 kg of ganja was seized from a truck transporting fish near here on Wednesday, police sources said.
Four persons have been arrested in this connection, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters.
The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Farooq (24) from Kasargod, Sayyed Mohammed (31) from Kushalnagar, Mohammed Ansar (23) from Mudipu and Mohiudeen Nawaz (34) from Kasargod.
He said while following up a dacoity case under Moodbidri police station limits, the investigating team received information that a huge quantity of ganja is being brought from Thoni Andhra in Visakhapatnam.
It was revealed that the ganja was coming from Hassan.
The four accused were escorting the truck in a car from Hassan.
On the way, they divided and supplied the ganja at many places.
When the truck reached near Mangaluru, it was intercepted by the police, he said.
The Commissioner said the accused were planning to supply ganja in Mangaluru, Kodagu, Hassan and Kasaragod.
The fish truck was transporting the ganja from Andhra to Kerala.
Other people involved in the network would also be arrested soon, he said.
Along with the truck and 200 kg ganja, a car, four swords, Wi-Fi set and four mobile phones were also confiscated.
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Security forces destroy 23 illegal bunkers, seize 18 IEDs in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Security forces have destroyed 23 bunkers illegally constructed in Manipur's Ukhrul and seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district in separate operations, a police statement said on Saturday.
The bunkers were destroyed on Thursday in the hill villages of Mongkot Chepu, Shongphel, Mullam, Sirarakhong and Ringue in Litan police station area, it said.
A 12-bore pump action gun, 17 cartridges of different calibres and 111 empty cases of fired bullets were also seized.
At least seven people have been shot dead in different firing incidents and more than 30 houses have been torched since violence broke out between Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities in Ukhrul district in February this year.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation on Wednesday, security forces seized a cache of arms and explosives in T Bongmol village in Moreh police station area in Tengnoupal district.
Two single-barrel rifles, four 9mm pistols with magazines and 18 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized. The explosives were destroyed on the spot, it added.
