Mudradi: Running car catches fire; driver escapes unhurt
Hebri: In an incident that occurred early Tuesday morning, a moving car suddenly caught fire and completely burned down on the Someshwar road which falls under the Mudradi Gram Panchayat jurisdiction. Reportedly, the sole passenger in the car escaped the vehicle unhurt.
The survivor has been identified as Ramesh, a resident of Haveri. Reportedly, Ramesh was returning home on his Maruti Alto around 5 am on Tuesday, after finishing a pooja at Hiriyadka when his car caught fire midway at Someshwar road, it is learned. Fortunately, Ramesh is said to have jumped out from the burning vehicle in the nick of time and escaped unhurt.
Reportedly, the firefighters from the Karkala Fire Brigade Unit arrived at the site of the accident and put out the fire, however, the car was destroyed in the fire.
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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.
