Belthangady: Heavy rain, lightening trigger panic among residents
People reportedly felt tremors
Belthangady: Parts of Belthangady Taluk received heavy rainfall on Saturday evening accompanied by thunder and lightening which triggered panic among the residents in the taluk.
People also reported that they felt tremors like earthquake in various parts of taluk.
However, officials refused any such claims and clarified that no tremors were reported on Richter scale and that people might have felt like tremor like situation due to heavy thunderstorm.
The region received heavy thunderstorm around 6pm in the evening in Gurunayakere area. Following strong winds electricity in various places of the taluk is disrupted.
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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.
