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 arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
