PUTTUR:
The Puttur police have seized 175 kg of marijuana worth Rs 1.75 crore and arrested 3 persons.
A pick-up vehicle worth Rs 3 lakh, a car worth Rs 4 lakh and three mobile phones were also seized from the accused.
Those arrested are Ibrahim Yane Arshad (26), a resident of Domakkad in Kasargod district, Mohammed Shafiq (31), a resident of Mizirpalla, Manjeshwara in Kasargod district, and Khalinder Shafi (26), a resident of Madakunjaya in Bantwal taluk.
Puttur MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor has lauded the police action.
Drug-running between Mangalore and Kerala has been going on for ages. But the activity had stopped for the past 5 months because of the pandemic. The Kerala-Karnataka border was sealed and checkposts had been increased.
However, with inter-state travel curbs relaxed recently, the drug mafia’s operations have picked up again.
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