Three held with MDMA worth about Rs 2.5 lakh in Karnataka's Mangaluru
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): Three persons were arrested and 26 grams of banned narcotic substance MDMA worth about Rs 2.5 lakh was seized during a raid by the City Crime Branch police, police said on Monday.
The raid was carried out in the Pumpwell-Ekkur area here on Sunday, they said.
The accused were identified as Hyder Ali (53), Mohammed Sajad (29) and Jaison Menezes (26), police said.
According to police, the accused were allegedly selling the banned narcotic substance to the public and students using an autorickshaw.
Besides the contraband, police seized Rs 37,000 in cash, five mobile phones, a weighing machine and the autorickshaw used for the illegal activity, a senior police officer said.
The total value of the seized items is estimated at Rs 4.37 lakh, he said.
A case has been registered at Kankanady Town Police Station and further investigation is underway, police 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.
