Nine killed, around 20 injured in Iran’s latest missile strike on Israel
Jerusalem: At least nine people were killed and about 20 others injured after an Iranian ballistic missile struck Beit Shemesh in central Israel, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
“Nine people were killed in a direct hit on Beit Shemesh,” Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki Heller said in a televised statement.
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Beit Shemesh is located about 30 kilometres west of Jerusalem.
In a statement posted on Telegram, Israel’s army said search and rescue teams were operating at the site along with medical personnel. It added that a helicopter had also been deployed for casualty evacuation.
Further details about the condition of the injured were not immediately available.
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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.
