Mangaluru: Two gets five years rigorous imprisonment in Ganja smuggling case
Mangaluru: The Principal District and Sessions Court on Wednesday convicted two persons for five years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on charges of smuggling ganja.
The convicted have been identified as Mohammed Touseef (22) of Kajoor and Abdul Sinan (24) of Malavanthige in Belthangady taluk. If the convicted failed to pay the penalty, they have to undergo six months additional imprisonment, the court said.
About incident
When Belthangady PSI Girish and his team were checking the vehicles near Anugraha PU college at Ujire on March 13, 2018, the convicted tried to escape from them. But the police caught them after finding ganja in their car. Later, the police confiscated the ganja, car, mobile phones and cash from them and arrested. Later, they were produced before the court.
Hearing the case, judge Kadlur Satyanarayan Acharya announced the verdict. Public prosecutors Pushparaj K and Raju Poojary argued against the convicted.
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Six foreign nationals held for alleged prostitution in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Six foreign women were arrested after they were found to be allegedly engaged in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made by the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on April 24, they said.
Police, however, have not disclosed the nationalities of the women in the statement.
According to police, the operation was carried out following a tip off that some foreign women were standing near the footpath of the bus stop close to Madiwala Check Post, within the jurisdiction of Koramangala Police Station here and were soliciting men passing by on the road for prostitution.
Based on this information, the officers and staff of the CCB Women Protection Wing immediately visited the spot and conducted a verification, they said.
During the operation, it was found that six foreign women were engaging in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, a statement issued by the office of the police commissioner stated.
Acting swiftly, the officers and staff conducted a raid and secured all six foreign women. Upon inquiry regarding their passports and visas, they failed to provide valid and satisfactory information, it said.
"Subsequently, all six foreign women were produced before the Koramangala Police Station along with a report for further legal action. In this regard, a case has been registered at Koramangala Police Station, and further investigation is in progress," the police statement added.
