Mangaluru: MDMA drug peddling racket busted; 3 held
Mangaluru: Busting an MDMA(Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) drug peddling racket, the police arrested three accused who were selling the drug in beaches and recovered the drug worth Rs 80000 here on Friday.
The arrested have been identified as Abubakkar Misba (24), Shabbir Ahmed alias Shabbir (27) and Shihab Abdul Razaq (27).
Acting on a tip off, the crime branch police raided the place and arrested the accused. Usually, the accused go to Mumbai and bring the drug and sell it here. Their main target is students community, police said.
The police recovered 16.55 gm drug worth Rs 80,000, a scooter worth Rs 25,000, four mobile phones and Rs 3,200 cash from the accused. The total worth of the seized materials is Rs 1,10,200, it is estimated.
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Woman in Shishila bitten by cobra while working in plantation dies
Belthangady: A woman in her mid-50s from Guddethota in Shishila village here died after suffering a snake bite while working in a plantation on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as Prema (55), was reportedly bitten by a cobra when working in a plantation located in Shishila village of the taluk on Sunday afternoon.
The members of the Shourya Disaster Response Team, who were informed of the incident, arrived at the plantation and took Prema to the Puttur Government Hospital, but the patient is learned to have died due to the intensity of the snake venom.
Prema is survived by her daughter and son.
