Three youngsters drown while swimming in canal near Hospet
Vijayanagara: An outing for a swim in a canal on the outskirts of Hospet on Saturday turned tragic for a group of youngsters as three of them drowned in the water body.
The three deceased youth have been identified as Yashwanth, Anjini and Gururaj.
Hospet Rural Police registered a case and the investigating officers paid a visit to the canal area.
They have said that the group had consisted of six youngsters, who were college students and residents of Gundagram and MG Nagar of Hospet as well as Ningapur of Koppal.
The surviving members of the group were called to the Hospet Rural Police Station for questioning, it is learned.
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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.
