Mangaluru: Drug peddlers held, MDMA seized
Mangaluru (PTI): As part of its drive to make Mangaluru drug-free, the central crime branch (CCB) police have arrested two drug peddlers who were selling banned MDMA drug to students and the public in the city.
Police said the arrest was made after receiving credible information that the drug peddlers were selling the banned substances at K S R Road.
The accused have been identified as P S Abdul Azeez alias Azeez (31), a resident of Uppinangady in the district, and Akshith Kumar (26) from Katipalla, Surathkal, Mangaluru.
The police seized 35 gm of Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), a synthetic drug, worth Rs 1.75 lakh, two mobile phone handsets, Rs 600 cash and a digital weighing scale from their possession. The total value of the seized goods was put at Rs 1.96 lakh.
A case has been registered at Mangaluru North police station. The police are on the look-out for more persons involved in the drug racket, sources said.
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Nitish Kumar skips Niti Aayog meeting
Patna (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not attend the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, officials said.
The state was represented at the meeting by deputy chief ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, they said.
The cause for Kumar's absence from the crucial meeting could not be known immediately.
"This is not the first time that the CM is not attending the Nitish Aayog meeting. The CM did not attend the meeting earlier as well, and Bihar was represented by the then deputy CM. This time also both the Dy CMs went to attend the meeting," JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar told PTI.
"Besides, there are four Union ministers from Bihar who are members of the Aayog and they will be present in the meeting. There is nothing to say on this," he added.
The ninth governing council meeting of the Aayog discussed the 'Vikshit Bharat@2047' document with an aim to make India a developed nation.
The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all CMs, Lt Governors of Union territories and several Union ministers. PM Modi is the chairman of Niti Aayog.
