Ujire Boy's kidnapping: Six sent to police custody
Mangaluru, Dec 21: Six people who were arrested in connection with the kidnapping of an eight-year old boy in Dakshina Kannada district, have been remanded to ten days' police custody by a local court.
The boy and his parents had reached home on Saturday from Kolar from where the boy was rescued by a police team.
The boy was kidnapped on Thursday last by the gang near his house.
Police have intensified the search for the main conspirator behind the abduction, who is known to the boys father Bijoy, a businessman in Ujire in Belthangady taluk.
Bantwal Deputy SP Valentine D'Souza, circle inspector P G Sandesh and sub-inspector Nandakumar are leading the interrogation team, police sources 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.
