Mangaluru: DK DC cancels weekend curfew, night curfew to continue
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. KV Rajendra on Thursday issued an order cancelling the weekend curfew in the district.
Earlier, the state government had cancelled the weekend curfew in the state after positive rate went below 2% but the weekend curfew was kept intact for border districts including DK.
The DC on Thursday issued an order cancelling the weekend curfew in the district starting this September 10.
The weekend curfew would otherwise begin from every Friday 9 pm and would be in place till Monday 5 am.
The DC however clarified, that the night curfew in the district will continue to be in place.
The state government had on Thursday after striking down weekend curfew in other districts and extending COVID measures till September 27 had vested power to DCs of border districts to take a call on continuing or cancelling weekend curfew in their respective districts.
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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.
