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Duo uses bitcoins to buy drugs online, arrested

Agencies
November 7, 2017

New Delhi, Nov 7: The Delhi police on Monday claimed to have arrested two persons for procuring drugs over the Internet. The police said that the accused bought the drug “Ecstasy” using Bitcoins. The police has recovered 42 grams of fine quality Ecstasy tablets and 20 grams of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) from the accused which were to be supplied to rave parties in Delhi-NCR.

Senior police officers said they suspect there is a large nexus involving people who physically supply these drugs.

Also known as Love Pill, Ecstasy is a recreational drug. It heightens perceptions of colour and sound and supposedly amplifies sensations when one touches or caresses another, particularly during sex. It often contains hallucinogens — drugs that act on the mind and cause people to see or feel things that are not really there.

The senior police officer said that on October 29, the sleuths of the narcotics cell received a tip-off about a gang which supplies drug to rave parties. Based on the tip-off, Kamal Kalra, a DJ, was arrested from Rohini Sector 13.

During investigation, Kalra disclosed that he had procured the contraband from a supplier over the phone. Based on the call records, the supplier, identified as Mahesh Goyal, was arrested from Dwarka.

When both the accused were interrogated at length, they revealed that psychotropic substances like LSD, MMDA, MDA, ketamine, methamphetamine, and amphetamines are widely used in rave parties.

Goyal disclosed that his first encounter with Ecstasy was in Chennai, where he attended a party. There he got to know that these psychotropic drugs can be easily bought online. He also informed police that these illegal drugs can be purchased using Bitcoins. The police added that it is getting in touch with the ministry of information technology to put a stop on these transactions.

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Agencies
June 10,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 10: The man who fled from the Medical College Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 committed suicide on Wednesday morning after being brought back. He used his bed sheet to hang himself from the ceiling.

Hailing from Anad near Nedumangadu, the man, who was undergoing treatment in the isolation room set up at KHRWS pay ward, escaped from the hospital and boarded two KSRTC buses to reach his home.

The Health Department had said the latest tests had returned negative and he was to be discharged on Wednesday. However, City Police Commissioner Balram Kumar Upadhyay had claimed that one more test result of the person was awaited.

The man was blocked by locals upon his arrival at Anad. He was later taken back to the hospital and the police had registered a case against him under the Kerala Public Health Act and Epidemic Diseases Ordinance.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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February 23,2020

Panaji, Feb 23: A MiG-29K aircraft crashed off Goa during a routine training sortie on Sunday morning, the Indian Navy said in a statement.

"The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry into the incident has been ordered," the statement said.

On November 16, a MiG-29K trainer flight had crashed after a bird hit, soon after it took off the Dabolim International airport, which functions out of the Indian Navy base INS Hansa.

Both pilots had managed to safely eject themselves to safety after both the engines of their jet failed.

According to data tabled in the recent budget session of the Goa Assembly, every ten days, at least one aircraft landing or taking off at Goa's Dabolim international airport faces dangers involving birds or stray dogs near the runway.

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