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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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
