Mangaluru Police to set-up 25 check posts in wake of Bakri Eid
Mangaluru: In the background of the upcoming festival of Bakrid that will be celebrated on July 21, the Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Shashikumar has informed that more than 25 check posts would be set in various places within the jurisdiction of the commissioner’s office as a preventive measure to ward off any wayward activity.
“Apart from every police station that comes under the Commissionerate’s jurisdiction, check posts will also be set up in Udupi and Kasaragod district’s border regions to facilitate peaceful celebrations of the Bakrid festival”, he said.
In every station’s vicinity, a peace meeting comprising of all important figures from every religion has already been conducted. Appropriate arrangements will be made around all the religious centres. According to the directive from the government, no permission will be granted to perform Eid prayers in public places or the Eidgah”, commissioner Shashikumar clarified.
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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.
