Udupi Police officer to get President's Special Police Service Medal
Udupi: Prakash Brahma, who is currently serving as an Assistant Police Sub-Inspector in the District Crime Record Bureau at the Udupi District Police Office, has been selected for the President's Special Police Service Medal.
Prakash joined the police department in 1993 as a constable. He has worked at the Venur in Dakshina Kannada District, Udupi Traffic, DCRB, Manipal, and Kaupu police stations in the Udupi district. He was promoted to Head Constable in 2009 and to ASI in 2017. He has been on duty with the District Crime Record Bureau in Udupi since 2018.
He won a silver medal at the 2005 All India Police Duty Meet in Hyderabad and in 2009. He was involved in cracking down on several cases in Gangoli, Manipal, and Brahmawar police stations.
Taking note of his accomplishments and track-record he has now been selected for the President's Special Police Service Medal.
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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.
