The crime branch of the police in Mangaluru, Karnataka has arrested five notorious interstate criminals involved in several cases in Kerala and Karnataka in three separate campaigns.
Police have also recovered three pistols, six cartridges, 12.895 kg of cannabis, three cars and other valuables from them. Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Aggarwal said that on March 12, in the first campaign, the police took action on intelligence and stopped a Scorpio vehicle in Natekal area of Mangaluru and investigated two criminals Naufal (38) and Mansoor (36) of Kerala in Kerala in Kerala and confessed to two pistols, four cartridges, four cartridges, two mobile phones and squads from their possession.
A case has been registered in this regard at the Konje police station of Mangaluru. Aggarwal said that six cases related to drug trafficking and distribution in various police stations of Kerala on Naufal are already registered.
The second accused Mansoor has already registered four criminal cases in Kerala, including the distribution of drug and criminal intimidation. In the second campaign, the police on Wednesday received intelligence about smuggling hemp for distribution by a person from Kerala to Mangaluru.
On the basis of this information, the police chased a red swift car in Arkula area and arrested Abdul Latif alias Thoku Latif (29) of Kerala, who was currently living in a rented house near Kozhikode Airport at Kondotti.
Police seized 12.895 kg of hemp, a mobile phone and a red swift car from Latif. A case has been registered at Mangaluru Rural Police Station in this connection.
The Police Commissioner said that in the third case, the police got reliable information about two suspects conspiring to commit crimes in Talapdi near Karnataka-Kerala border area.
Taking quick action, the police stopped a white Volkswagen Polo Karko near Devipura Talapdi and arrested Mohammad Asghar (27) and Mohammad Sali (31), residents of Kasargod in Kerala.
