Hassan: Police have busted two attempts to sell narcotics in separate parts of the district recently and arrested three men for involvement in the criminal activity. More than 2 kg ganja, worth approximately Rs 3 lakh, was seized.

Hassan Town Police, who reportedly received information on ganja trade from credible sources, are said to have held an operation near the Deve Gowda Nagar Bus Stand in town and held Adil Pasha (29) and Muhammad Tabriz (29). Also, the police confiscated 1.3 kg narcotics from the duo.

In the second instance, Halebidu Police arrested one Govinda (40), who was reportedly standing near the Bandarikatte Bus Stand on Hagare-Halebidu Road for sale of ganja. Up to 510 gm of ganja was seized by the police.

FIRs have been filed in both cases and investigation is underway.

Police sources have said that the raids were held as a part of the Department’s operations to suppress transport and sale of narcotics.

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Sitapur (UP) (PTI): Three men were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle here on Saturday evening, police said.

The accident occurred near Basura village in the Rampur Mathura area when Golu (30) and his cousins – Kuldeep (27) and Sujit (25) – were en route to attend their uncle's wedding, they said.

According to police, the unidentified vehicle rammed into the motorcycle from behind. It caused the three riders to be thrown off the motorcycle and suffer severe head and facial injuries.

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The vehicle fled the spot after the collision. A police team reached the spot upon receiving information from locals and took the injured to the Community Health Centre in Rampur Mathura, where doctors declared them brought dead, a police officer said.

Rampur Mathura station house officer Shyamu Kanojia said the three died in the accident. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and efforts are on to trace the unidentified vehicle.

A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigation is in progress, he added.