Mangaluru: Six drug peddlers arrested in Pandeshwar, Bunder limits; narcotics seized
Mangaluru: Police have arrested six drug peddlers for allegedly selling banned narcotic substances in the Pandeshwar and Bunder police station limits of the city.
Pandeshwar police arrested four accused and seized 53.87 grams of MDMA, 103.02 grams of hydro weed ganja and a vehicle from them. The arrested have been identified as Syed Afridi (26) and Ahmed Ali Arshan (22), originally from Udupi district and currently residing in Pandeshwar, along with Maksood Saag (23) of Balmatta in the city and Felix P. Joseph (20) from Kottayam in Kerala.
In a separate operation, Bunder police arrested Edal Rose (33) of Kankanady and Aaron Vishal Lasrado (18) of Kadri Mallikatte. Police seized 60 grams of hydro weed ganja, 1.155 kg of ganja and a car from their possession.
According to police, the arrests were made following a raid conducted on March 4 at a lodge on Badria Road in Bunder and near Green Park grounds after receiving information that narcotic substances were being sold to college students and women.
Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said that a man identified as Sandeep Shetty, a resident of Mumbai who works as a manager at a hotel in Dubai, was allegedly involved in transporting ganja to Bengaluru by flight. From Bengaluru, Edal Rose was reportedly assigned to distribute the narcotic substances further, he added.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
