Mangaluru: 200 kg of ganja seized from truck, four held
Mangaluru, May 26: A total of 200 kg of ganja was seized from a truck transporting fish near here on Wednesday, police sources said.
Four persons have been arrested in this connection, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters.
The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Farooq (24) from Kasargod, Sayyed Mohammed (31) from Kushalnagar, Mohammed Ansar (23) from Mudipu and Mohiudeen Nawaz (34) from Kasargod.
He said while following up a dacoity case under Moodbidri police station limits, the investigating team received information that a huge quantity of ganja is being brought from Thoni Andhra in Visakhapatnam.
It was revealed that the ganja was coming from Hassan.
The four accused were escorting the truck in a car from Hassan.
On the way, they divided and supplied the ganja at many places.
When the truck reached near Mangaluru, it was intercepted by the police, he said.
The Commissioner said the accused were planning to supply ganja in Mangaluru, Kodagu, Hassan and Kasaragod.
The fish truck was transporting the ganja from Andhra to Kerala.
Other people involved in the network would also be arrested soon, he said.
Along with the truck and 200 kg ganja, a car, four swords, Wi-Fi set and four mobile phones were also confiscated.
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Shivamogga tense after boy murdered outside school
Shivamogga (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was murdered outside a government school in Sulaebailu here, sparking tension in the area, police said on Tuesday.
Following the incident, a large police force was deployed in the city.
The incident occurred after Sanketh (16), an SSLC student of the Government High School at Uragadooru, attended a special class ahead of examinations.
Superintendent of Police Nikhil B told reporters that Sanketh intervened in an argument involving a group of boys outside his school.
“Some friends who were known to him — they had earlier studied in the same school — were involved. They are also minors. They hit him with their hands. Immediately after being struck, he collapsed. After he fell, by the time he was taken to the hospital, we came to know that he had died,”
"... he was struck near the chest. Due to that blow, he collapsed on the spot,” the SP said.
Two minors have been taken into custody in this connection.
“We are also gathering information about others involved in the incident. Whoever is found to be involved, we will initiate legal action against them as well,” the official added.
On the possible motive, the SP said the exact cause is yet to be ascertained.
“We do not have complete information about that. Once we conduct a detailed inquiry, we will know. Some people are saying it may have been over a trivial matter. However, we cannot confirm that at this stage,” he said.
The incident took on a communal undertone, prompting authorities to deploy heavy police reinforcements across the city to maintain order and prevent escalation.
BJP MLA from Shivamogga, S N Channabasappa, also visited the hospital.
