Ernakulam Rural police seized nearly two kilograms of MDMA from Angamaly on Saturday night
KOCHI: A special team of Ernakulam Rural police which seized nearly two kilograms of MDMA from Angamaly on Saturday night said that the accused had used a specially designed compartment in their pickup truck to transport the drug into the district.
The special investigation team led by district police chief (Ernakulam Rural) SP K Karthick would probe further into the seizure. The accused were taken to the rented house at Kuzhuppilly where they used to stay for evidence collection, soon after the seizure late on Saturday. The duo was presented before a magistrate and was remanded in judicial custody.
Social media under the scanner
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Scaremongering COVID-19 posts
Scaremongering COVID-19 posts
“Organise a steam week to stave off the threat posed by COVID-19 as the virus that spread the disease will get killed on inhaling steam at 70 degrees Celsius. This easy cure is known to the health authorities but they will not tell us,” goes a WhatsApp post in a group.
As the second wave of the pandemic rages, the social media has once again gone berserk with forwards of all hues ranging from the personal experiences of the infected to doomsday predictions and unverified and unscientific cures.
‘People taking RT-PCR test found roaming around before results are out’
The Ernakulam rural police have warned against the people who have undergone the RT-PCR test from roaming around before the results are out.
This was after the police noticed such a tendency within the rural limits.
K. Karthik, District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural), urged the public to avoid it at a time when infections were soaring.
Those who had undergone tests should leave their homes only if the results returned a negative result, he said.
Migrant workers have been asked to avoid crowding while waiting for someone to hire their labour since the lack of social distancing was potentially dangerous. Mr. Karthik urged people in need of their service to hire them from their places.
Man held under KAAPA for attack on youth
The Ernakulam Rural Police have invoked sections under the Kerala Antisocial Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA) against a history-sheeter accused of allegedly assaulting a youngster at Kalady.
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KOCHI: The Ernakulam Rural Police have invoked sections under the Kerala Antisocial Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA) against a history-sheeter accused of allegedly assaulting a youngster at Kalady. Tony Urumeese, 33, who has been named an accused in several cases including attempt to murder, theft, assault and unlawful assembly, was slapped with KAAPA and remandedThe court had earlier granted bail to Tony in a case pertaining to the assault of Rasheed in Elamakkara.