SWAG ERT, Sonu Sood Foundation set up Oxygen centre at Mangaluru railway station
Mangaluru, Jun 4: SWAG ERT and Sonu Sood Foundation along with the railway police have launched a rapid oxygen centre at Mangaluru central railway station here.
The centre was opened Thursday under the mentorship of ADGP of Karnataka railway police Bhaskar Rao.
This is the fourth project of SWAG ERT and Sonu Sood charity foundation in Karnataka.
Other stations have started functioning in Bengaluru, Hubballi and Ballari and the service will be extended to Mysuru, Hassan and Davanagere soon, Rao said.
Training has been given to policemen on how to operate the cylinders that carry 7,000-litre and 1,400 litre medical oxygen.
Oxygen supply will be purely on the basis of advice from doctors, he said.
Those requiring oxygen can approach Sonu Sood Karnataka helpline 7069999961 and the GRP (government railway police) station will take a decision on the basis of the availability of oxygen and criticality of the case, a release from Amit Purohith of SWAG ERT and Sonu Sood foundation here said.
The user can take oxygen from the centre and return the cylinder after sanitising it.
This will be maintained by the GRP station.
As many as 20 cylinders are available at the station here which can cover up to 70-80 km radius, the release said.
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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.
