Four men held with banned MDMA in Mangaluru
Mangaluru (PTI): In its bid to make Mangaluru free of drugs, the City Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested four people and recovered 200 grams of MDMA in two operations in the city, police said on Wednesday.
Three people were arrested from Falnir area in the city for selling MDMA, a synthetic drug, brought from Bengaluru in a raid conducted by a CCB team led by ACP P A Hegde.
MDMA is banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested A N Mohammad Hanif (47), Syed Faujan (30) and Sirajuddin Abubakar (35), all hailing from neighbouring Kasaragod district in Kerala, they said.
Police seized 100 gm MDMA worth Rs 5 lakh, Rs 4,000 in cash, three mobile phones, digital weighing scale along with the car used by the accused. The combined value of the confiscated assets is estimated to be Rs 10.94 lakh. A case has been registered at the Mangaluru North police station.
In another case, CCB police arrested one person from Alape village near Mangaluru Junction railway station for selling MDMA. The accused has been identified as V K Ibrahim Arshad, also from Kasaragod in Kerala.
Police seized 100 gm MDMA worth Rs 5 lakh, Rs 1,000 in cash, a mobile phone and a digital weight scale from his possession. The total value of the seized assets is estimated at Rs 5.11 lakh. A case in this connection has been registered at Kankanady police station, officials said.
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Fire breaks out at shopping mall in Hyderabad, no injuries
Hyderabad (PTI): A fire broke out at a shopping mall in Jubilee Hills area here on Thursday, though no one was injured in the incident, police and Fire department officials said.
The fire started at around 11.20 AM in the building, housing a saree showroom and other garment outlets, where renovation work was going on, they said, adding five workers, who were inside were brought out.
Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was extinguished. TV visuals showed flames erupting and thick smoke emanating from the exterior of the building.
"The building was vacant and there was no material inside. The fire has been brought under control. No one was injured in the incident," a fire department official said.
The exact cause of the blaze was under investigation, he said.
