Moodabidri: Dog saves itself after falling prey into Leopard’s Mouth!
►Footage captured in CCTV
Moodabidri: In an incident that occurred on Thursday night, a leopard reportedly ventured into the compound of a residence and caught a dog, but the canine managed to escape the leopard’s mouth and save itself when the wild animal leaped across the compound wall at Padukonaje in the Taluk. The entire episode was captured on CCTV, it is learned.
The leopard which was reportedly seen roaming near Padukonaje’s resident Sathish’s house on Thursday night had later ventured into the residential compound and tried to catch hold of the dog that was sleeping outside the residence.
Sub-divisional Forest Officer, Manjunatha Ganiga and staff visited the site and spoke to the Shirtaadi Gram Panchayat President Santhosh Kotian. A trap would be laid out to catch the leopard, they informed.
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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.
