Mangaluru Police arrest auto driver for peddling MDMA, seize drugs worth ₹3.75 Lakh
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested an autorickshaw driver for allegedly transporting and selling the banned drug MDMA in the city. The accused, identified as 32-year-old Muhammad Abdul Jalil from Kasaba Bengare, was arrested under the limits of the Bunder police station.
According to the police, they had received specific intelligence that MDMA was being transported from Bengaluru to Mangaluru through a parcel and was being sold to the public, including students, from an autorickshaw. Acting on the tip-off, the CCB team launched an operation on Tuesday, which led to the arrest of Abdul Jalil and the seizure of 75 grams of MDMA, valued at ₹3.75 lakh.
In addition to the drugs, the police also confiscated a mobile phone and the autorickshaw used for transportation, bringing the total value of the seized items to approximately ₹5 lakh.
A case has been registered at the Bandar police station, and further investigation is underway. The operation was conducted under the guidance of CCB unit ACP Manoj Kumar Naik, with a team led by Police Inspector Rafiq KM, SSI Sudeep MV, ASI Rama Poojary, and other police personnel.
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Karnataka sets up India's first Cyber Command Centre to tackle surge in cybercrimes
Bengaluru: In a significant step toward strengthening cybersecurity, Karnataka has established the country’s first Cyber Command Centre. This pioneering initiative aims to address the alarming rise in cybercrime cases across the state.
The newly-formed Cyber Command Centre will focus on a broad range of digital threats, including cyber fraud, hacking, identity theft, online stalking, sextortion, deepfake-related crimes, misinformation, data breaches, among others. It comes as Karnataka, particularly its capital Bengaluru, continues to grapple with a spike in cybercrime incidents—reportedly accounting for nearly 20% of all such cases recorded in India’s megacities. Over the past four years, the state has registered more than 52,000 cybercrime cases, the highest in South India.
The Cyber Command will operate under the leadership of an IPS officer of the rank of Director General of Police.
As part of the restructuring, 43 CEN (Cyber, Economic and Narcotics) police stations across the state will now function as designated cybercrime units.
Headquartered at the CID building on Palace Road, the Cyber Command Centre will serve as a hub for coordinating the state’s cybercrime prevention and investigation efforts. DGP (Cyber Command) will report to the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and not the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP), Karnataka State Police.
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