Five held for having cocaine, valuables worth Rs 20 lakh seized
Mangaluru, August 17: With the arrest of five people for having cocaine illegally, the Mangaluru CCB police busted a racket which has been selling cocaine in the city, on Friday and recovered the drug, vehicles, and cash worth around Rs 20 lakh from the accused.
The arrested are identified as Vijesh Kumar (34) of Manjeshwar Kunjathur, gym trainer Nithin (35) of Puttur Narimogaru, real estate agent Santosh Kumar of Bejai Church road, Sandeep Kumar (34) of Bondel KHB Colony and Rahul (26) of Soujanya Lane at Bikarnakatte.
Acting on a tip-off that four-five people have been selling the drug to the students, the CCB police raided them and arrested them. The police recovered the drug worth Rs 50,000, three cars, seven mobile phones and Rs 1,02,000 cash and it was estimated the worth of the drug and other valuables is Rs 19,57,000. The accused used to bring the drug from Goa and selling here, it is said.
CCB inspector Shantaram, Mangaluru East inspector Maruthi Nayak and CCB PSI Shamsundar, and staff participated in the operation.
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Lucknow Super Giants beat MI by 18 runs in IPL
Mumbai, May 17: Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs at Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Mumbai Indians thus finish last in the 10-team table with only 8 points from 14 games.
Aided by a 109-run partnership between skipper KL Rahul (55 off 41 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (75 off 29 balls), LSG scored a commendable 214 for 6.
The visitors then struck at regular intervals to stop MI at 196 for 6 despite Rohit Sharma's 68 off 38 deliveries and Naman Dhir's reargaurd 62 off 28 balls.
Earlier, Rahul first steadied the innings with Marucs Stoinis (28) after the fall of his opening partner Devdutt Padikkal for a duck and then stitched a century stand with West Indian Pooran, who clobbered eight maximums and five boundaries.
Spinner Piyush Chawla (3/29) and Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Thusara (3/28) emerged the most successful Mumbai Indians bowlers, grabbing three wickets each.
Brief scores:
Lucknow Super Giants 214 for 6 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 75, KL Rahul 55; Piyush Chawla 3/29, Nuwan Thushara 3/28).
Mumbai Indians 196 for 6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 68, Naman Dhir 62 not out; Ravi Bishnoi 2/37).
