Udupi: A biker was killed on the spot in an accident on National Highway 66 stretch near KG Road, Uppoor, after a truck ran over the rider who fell on the road on Friday morning.

The rider is learned to be a resident of Matapady, Brahmavar, although further details relating to his identity are yet to be ascertained.

The body of the accident victim was found severed due to the impact of the mishap.

Head constable at the Brahmavar Police Station Mahalinga arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inquest.

Social activist Nithyananda Olakadu and an ambulance driver from Brahmavar lent a hand to clear the body from the accident scene and take it to the post-mortem examination centre at the District Hospital in Ajjarakadu.

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Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.

The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.

Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.

The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.

Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.

The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.