Mangaluru: On-duty police personnel become targets of another attack
Criminals snatch guns, wreck them
Mangaluru: Police personnel, who were on duty in the city became targets of another violent attack on Friday night. It is learned that the incident occurred late Friday night at the check post near the Kavoor Station’s jurisdiction, where the police personnel was on duty.
The police was performing their routine tasks while on duty at the check post when a gang of four criminals riding in two separate bikes attacked them unprovoked. Thereafter, the criminals reportedly snatched the firearms carried by the police and smashed them against the ground, wrecking them in the process.
The police force who arrived at the scene soon after detained the four criminals. It is learned that all of the accused in custody are students from a college in the city. The police have revealed that the accused students were allegedly under the influence of narcotic substances.
A case has been registered at the Kavoor police station in this regard.
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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.
