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Anti-drug crackdown: 6 more youths arrested in Mangaluru; 6 in Puttur

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October 31, 2017

Mangaluru, Oct 31: Continuing the crackdown against drug offenders, the Mangaluru city police on Mondayarrested six persons and seized 4 kg of cannabis.

The South Division’s Anti Rowdy Squad arrested Roshan Vegas, 23, Anil D’Souza, 45, Melwyin Rohit, 22, Rakshit Shetty, 21, and Yagnesh Shetty, 21. The police seized 2.2 kg cannabis including those packed in 61 packets.

According to a press release, the accused were in a house in Bejai and were allegedly attempting to sell cannabis to students in the locality. While some consumers were purchasing cannabis directly from the arrested persons, few were getting it indirectly, the police said.

In another incident, the Central Sub-division’s Anti Rowdy Squad personnel on Monday arrested the person who had reportedly supplied cannabis to seven consumers arrested by police here on Sunday.

The police said Mohammed Shakir, 23, of Gurupura Kaikamba was found selling cannabis in Kodical B Crosson Monday. The police have recovered 1.8 kg cannabis, two mobile phones, a motorcycle and some cash. A case under Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered against Shakir at the Urva Police Station.

In Puttur

Personnel of cybercrimes, narcotics and economic offences police station led by inspector K Tharanath K last weekend nabbed four youths on charges of consuming ganja near Padil railway quarters at Kasba village in Puttur taluk.

The youths were smoking ganja in cigarettes when police spotted and apprehended them. The accused were taken for a medical test to a private hospital in Deralakatte where it was proved they were indeed using ganja. A case under NDPS Act has been registered in Puttur town police station.

In a related incident, Puttur town police on Sunday arrested two persons who were creating nuisance under the influence of drugs near KSRTC bus station. The duo - Muhammad Shafi, 25 and Asif, 19, were found abusing people when they were apprehended by police on regular patrol. Medical test of the duo confirmed the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol, a derivative of cannabis, in their urine.

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MOHAMMED SHARIEF
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Tuesday, 31 Oct 2017

Why not dept impliment a  portable device to detect the  dreggies who rides or drives vehicles on highways

 

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January 30,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 30: A dentist has been arrested by the Dakshina Kannada district police on charge of sexually harassing a woman patient during treatment at a hospital in Beltangady taluk.

The accused has been identified as Dr Sudhakar. He is facing charges under section 354, 354A(1)(I) of IPC.

The incident occurred yesterday when a local woman had been to the government hospital at Kasaba village in Beltangady for dental treatment.

According to the woman, Dr Sudhakar deliberately touched her body inappropriately and sexually harassed during treatment.

The shocked woman went to the jurisdictional Beltangady police station and lodged a complaint. The doctor was arrested and produced before the court.

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January 9,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 9: Customs officials seized 1.575 kg gold, worth about, Rs 63 lakh from three passengers who arrived from Dubai here at Mangalore International Airport on Thursday.

Official sources said that in the first incident, three days back gold weighing 336.7 grams was found in possession of an inbound air passenger. The passenger who arrived by Air India flight from Dubai had concealed the gold in his socks. The value of the seized gold is estimated to be Rs 13.43 lakh.

In the other two instances that took place on January 7, gold weighing 1239 gram and worth about Rs 50.3 lakh was confiscated from two passengers who arrived from Dubai by Air India flight. One of the passengers had attempted to smuggle 523 gram gold in paste form.

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April 9,2020

Kasaragod, April 9: After Supreme Court intervened and settled the Border issue with Karnataka authorities who had consented to allow the critically-ill patients from in and around Kasaragod and nearby areas to cross over to nearby Mangalore for getting urgent and critical care treatment, the Karnataka authorities is alleged to continue to be hostile either by blocking way ahead or turning a deaf ear to the patients reaching there.

It was on Wednesday onwards that the check post at Thalapadi near here on the Kozhikode-Mangalore National Highway was opened for the critically-ill patients to cross over to Mangalore hospitals for medical treatment.

However, reports reaching here said two out of the three critically-ill patients, who made it to Mangalore were allegedly ill-treated or given no treatment forcing them to return back to Kerala.

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