Mangaluru: Mangaluru CCB on Saturday arrested seven people for allegedly smuggling banned drug MDM from Mumbai in the city and peddling it among locals and students here.
The arrested accused have been identified as Hakim (25), a resident of Jeppu, Batish (30), a resident of Thokottu, Kishan (25), a resident of Attavar, Ashish (22), Abdul Hakim (30), a resident of Thokottu and others.
According to the police Shakti alias Shafi a resident of Kattipala used to smuggle MDM and Ganja from Mumbai and distribute to Hakim, Batish and Kishan. The trio used to sell the drugs at Panambur and Tannirbavi locality. Working on a tip off a CCB team raided the spots and arrested the accused.
Along with the accused, their clients Ashish, Abdul Hakim and others were also arrested during the raid by CCB. The CCB team also seized a car and 4 mobile phones from the accused.
The operation was supervised by Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil, DCP Hanumantharaya and DCP Laxmi Ganesh and was led by Inspector Shivprakash R Naik. PSI Kabbalraj, ASI Mohan, Raja, Ashith, Mani, Chandra, Chandra Shekhar and others were part of the raiding team.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in connection with the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogish Gowda from Hebballi in Dharwad district.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol passed the order granting bail to Kulkarni.
Earlier, following the cancellation of his bail, Kulkarni had surrendered before the Special Court for MPs and MLAs. His recent bail plea had also been rejected by the High Court.
Subsequently, Kulkarni approached the Supreme Court, which has now granted him bail.
