Police conduct surprise check in Mangaluru prison, find no contraband except cigarettes, beedis
Mangaluru, Apr 2: The Mangaluru city police carried out a surprise inspection inside the Dakshina Kannada district prison here on Sunday.
More than 250 police personnel led by City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R Jain and other officials carried out the raid.
The Commissioner later told reporters that the raid was part of a routine inspection. The police could not recover any banned items from the prison, except for cigarettes and beedi, which could have been brought by relatives of prisoners during visits, he said.
Jain said such inspections would be held by police to ensure that no illegal activities are taking place inside the prison.
The inspection lasted for one-and-a-half hours. The district prison here is being guarded by the State Industrial Security Force.
The commissioner also held talks with the jail superintendent on the checks carried out by the authorities in the prison and the substances recovered.
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MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh seized in Nagpur; two traffickers from Rajasthan held
Nagpur (PTI): Police in Nagpur have seized MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh and arrested two men from Rajasthan in connection with the seizure, officials have said.
The action was taken on Tuesday after the MIDC police received inputs that two persons were planning to sell MD, commonly known as ecstasy, near Sangam Road, Wanadongri.
Two men, identified as Ramswaroop Bhairaram Bishnoi (24) and Hariram Jagdish Paliwal (31), both residents of Kalyanpur tehsil of Rajasthan’s Balotra district, were then arrested from the spot, police said.
The duo was carrying 533 grams of MD, valued at over Rs 53 lakh, an official said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added.
