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Goan liquor worth 1.16 lakh sized, one held

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October 19, 2011

Mangalore, October 19: The Excise Enforcement and Lottery Prohibition Squad have seized a large quantity of Goan liquor in an early morning raid at Kankanady Railway Station in the city on Wednesday.

The sleuths also arrested a 24-year-old man, who was allegedly transporting the liquor from Goa to Kerala via Mangalore.

The accused has been identified as Premjith, resident of Kasaragod. According to sources, the accused, who had brought the illegal liquor from Goa through Kochiveli Express train in 14 bags, also had arranged a vehicle to transport them to Kerala from the city.

Among the seized liquor, there were 28 bottles of Royal Stag whisky, 34 bottles of Old Bill, 18 bottles of Imperial Blue, 1300 sachets of Honey Guide and 745 quarter bottles of Honey Guide.

The value of liquor seized is estimated to be Rs 1.16 lakh.

Acting on a tip off received by DySP (Excise & Lottery) Vishwanath Pandith, a team of excise intelligence wing, led by Inspector BG Achar launched the raid. Shareef, Sachin, Gururaj, Jayaram, Rajesh, Nitesh, Deepak and Pradeep Devadiga took part in the operation.

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April 29,2020

Bantwal, Apr 29: Two people were injured after the truck laden with poultry feed rammed into the compound wall of after catching fire on Wednesday, at Marnabailu near Melkar.

Police said the injured were the driver and an assistant in the truck. They were admitted to a private hospital at Mangaluru.

However, it is not yet clear whether the truck transporting poultry feed from a company at Kandur caught fire after colliding against the electric pole or with the compound wall.

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July 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 12: No decision has been taken regarding re-imposition of complete lockdown in Dakshina Kannada, according to district in charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary. 

The minister's clarification comes following social media rumours about complete lockdown in the district from July 14 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Speaking to media persons, Mr Poojary said that chief minister will hold video conference with Deputy Commissioners, MPs and District ministers of the state on July 13 at 11 am. following which a decision will be taken. 

He also clarified that the government will not cause inconveniences to people by taking any such decision all of a sudden. "People should not pay heed to rumours," he said.

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February 16,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 16: The Central Crime Branch has recovered blank firearms from Saddaguntepalya Police Station limits.

As of now, two persons have been arrested in this regard. They have been identified as Mohd Junaid and Mohd Tabrez. The officials have recovered 28 blank firearms and 76 blank bullets.

"The two accused -- without having any license -- were in possession of these huge number of weapons," Sandeep Patil, Joint CP, Crime, told media.

As per the preliminary investigation, there has been no record of such cases in Bengaluru. "But we are verifying if other states have any (such) case," added the Joint CP

According to investigations, it was noted that the weapons were purchased from Mumbai at an estimated cost of Rs 1 lakh per weapon.

Further investigation is currently underway.

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