Mangaluru CCB Police arrest four men smuggling narcotics, seize 119 kg ganja, vehicles used by men
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) Police recently arrested four men who were smuggling narcotics (ganja) from Andhra Pradesh to Kerala and seized 119 kg narcotics from them, City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal has said.
The Commissioner told reporters in the city that the arrested men, Ajay Krishnan U, Jeevan Singh, Moideen Shabbeer, and Mahesh Dwarakanath Pande, had been transporting the narcotics to Kerala through Mangaluru. The CCB Police, who received information that a large quantity of ganja was being smuggling within the jurisdiction limits of Konaje Police Station, conducted an investigation in the area and seized the narcotics as well as a car and a mini truck that were being used by the smugglers.
The CCB Police personnel, on inspection of the car, found up to 34 kg of narcotics inside. The mini truck had an additional 85 kg of narcotics wrapped in packets as well as empty fish trays. The police also confiscated five mobile phones from the arrested men, the senior officer said.
Speaking of the arrested men, Agrawal said that Moideen Shabbeer was a criminal from Kerala who had 12 cases against him for murder, violation of Arms Act, smuggling of narcotics and illegal trade of cattle. Six robbery cases had been filed against his acquaintance Ajay Krishnan. Mahesh Pande and Jeevan Singh, who had been arrested in 2021 in a case, had been planning to smuggle narcotics from Andhra Pradesh to Kerala, he added.
Further, the Commissioner said that Visakhapatnam had become a prime spot for narcotics smugglers who got their supplies from the Maoist-infested areas in Andhra Pradesh. The smugglers collected the narcotics in Visakhapatnam and transported them to various places in Kerala and Maharashtra, among other states, he explained.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
