Puttur: two workers trapped due to landslide
Puttur: In an alarming incident at Kote road near Kemaji, two workers became reportedly trapped after a mound of mud fell on them during a repair job at Panaje Village on Thursday.
Reportedly, the two workers stuck beneath the ground are natives of Parpala in Panaje Village.
The two workers had gotten down into the drain where chicken waste was being thrown, to repair a pipe when the pipe reportedly broke causing the duo to fall into the hole. At this time, a JCB which was working on the excavation is said to have unknowingly caused the pile of excavated soil to fall into the hole where the workers had fallen. The workers are currently trapped beneath the soil in the drain, according to recent reports.
More details are awaited in this regard.
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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.
