Areca worth Rs 12 cr stored without records seized
Rs 72 lakh penalty slapped
Bengaluru, Dec 21: The Karnataka Commercial Tax Department seized arecanut worth Rs 12 crore, stored without valid records from a godown and slapped a penalty of Rs 72 lakh.
On a tip-off, a team of officials led by department South Zone additional commissioner Nitesh Patil conducted raids on godowns at Antharasanahalli in Tumkur and found the arecanut stored illegally. The godowns did not have any names boards. When enquired, the workers and owners have tried to mislead the officials saying that they were rice mills and paddy was stored there. They also stopped the officials from entering the godowns, it is said.
When the officials entered the godowns with official letters and checked, they found huge quantity of areca stored illegally. The officials have collected Rs 72 lakh as penalty and tax, and the investigation is in progress.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
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.
