Two grenade attacks on CRPF in J&K
Srinagar, July 9 : Militants carried out two grenade attacks on the CRPF camps in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral town on Monday, police said. No casualty or damage was caused.
According to police, militants hurled a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Tral town in Pulwama district on Monday morning, but it exploded without causing any damage.
"The second grenade was hurled at the Batagund camp of the CRPF, again in Tral. No damage was reported in the second explosion as well," police said.
Extraordinary security arrangements were in place in and around Tral town on Sunday where separatists had called for a protest march on the second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani who was killed in a gun-battle with security forces on July 8, 2016 in Anantnag district.
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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.
