Mangaluru: Miscreants attempt to rob woman off in broad daylight on busy road; video viral
Mangaluru: In an incident reported on Sunday morning, a few miscreants who arrived on a car near St. Agnes College in the city tried to rob off a bag from a woman in broad daylight on a busy road.
The incident took place near St. Agnes College here in the city on Sunday morning around 11 am.
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The woman who was grounded by the miscreants who arrived in Ritz car fought her way back and did not let the miscreants take her bag. The miscreant however managed to escape from the scene.
The miscreants arrived in a car that did not have a number plate and the face of the miscreants was also not seen clearly in the CCTV footage.
The video of the incident has since gone viral across local social media groups.
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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.
