Month-long Tulu classes for police personnel inaugurated in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Aug 5: A month-long Tulu language learning workshop for police personnel of Mangaluru city police commissionerate limits was inaugurated at a function held at the commissioner's office on Thursday.
City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar and Karnataka Tulu sahitya academy president Dayananda G Kathalsar inaugurated the programme.
The classes will be attended by nearly 50 police personnel hailing from 16 districts of the state.
Addressing the gathering, Shashi Kumar said, "Learning local language will help police personnel at the time of duty."
The classes will be held till September 4, police sources said.
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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.
