Mangaluru: Man arrested while trafficking MOMO drug on his two-wheeler in Bajpe
Bajpe: Local Police on Thursday arrested one person for allegedly trafficking and selling drugs on his two-wheeler under the jurisdiction of Bajpe Police Station.
The accused has been identified as Gopalkrishna alias Gopal (45), a resident of Karambaru in Malavur village here. The police have reportedly seized his two-wheeler and MOMO (Shrinight) drugs worth Rs. 7500, and a weighing scale from Gopal.
According to the police, they were carrying vehicles inspection on Thursday when Gopal was spotted riding his two-wheeler without a helmet. Upon being asked to stop, Gopal tried to flee when they reportedly chased him down.
When the cops checked his two-wheeler drugs were found hidden under the seat of the two-wheeler along with the weighing scale. Gopal later confessed to the crime and admitted he was trafficking and selling drugs.
Police later confirmed that four other cases of drug trafficking were registered against Gopal along with other cases including a theft at Mangaluru Rural, Kavur, and Puttur police stations.
Bajpe police have registered a case in this regard and are further investigating the matter.
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Closely following developments: MEA on Nimisha Priya case
New Delhi, Jan 3: India on Friday said it is closely following the developments in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, facing a death sentence in Yemen.
Priya, who hails from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July, 2017.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday, "We are closely following the developments around the sentencing of Nimisha Priya. The government is extending all possible help in the matter."
The 37-year-old nurse is presently lodged in a jail in Sana'a, the Yemeni capital city that is under the control of Iran-backed Houthis.
On Thursday, an Iranian official said Iran will do whatever it can in the case.
The Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi, reportedly died from an overdose of sedatives allegedly injected by Priya to retrieve her passport from him.
According to reports, Priya was handed capital punishment by a trial court in 2020 while Yemen's Supreme Judicial Council upheld the verdict in November 2023.
Yemen's President Rashad al-Alimi approved the death penalty to Priya a few days back.
Priya's mother, Prema Kumari, currently in Sana'a, has made an emotional appeal to the Indian government to save her daughter's life.
In a video message from Yemen, Prema Kumari urged the Centre and other authorities to intervene urgently.
"This is my final plea. She has only a few days left. Every member of the action council has worked tirelessly to raise funds. I beg the Centre and the council to do everything possible to save her life," she said.
