Man Arrested While Transporting Explosives Illegally at Punjalkatte
Mangaluru: The DCIB police have arrested a man while transporting explosives illegally at Punjalkatte here on September 24.
The arrested has been identified as Chinnaswamy(70) from Basavanagudi.
According to police, on September 24 the DCIB police were on duty at B C Road, Bantwal and Pujalkatte. At around 11:00 am, they received information from reliable sources that Chinnaswamy was transporting explosives illegally from Punjalkatte on a black Honda Activa bearing registration number KA 21 S 9835.
The police got into action. After receiving information that the vehicle had passed from Punjakatte to N C Road via Nelligudde. Near Keddlike the police stopped the vehicle and during checking and found 15 gelatin sticks and 99 detonators in the two-wheeler. The police arrested Chinnaswamy and seized the explosives and the two-wheeler all worth Rs 1.05 lakh from his possession. The accused has been handed over to the Punkjalkatte police station for further investigations.
Under the direction of SP Dr Ravikanthe Gowda and the guidance of Additional SP Sajith, the operation was carried out by the DCIB Inspector Sunil Naik, Narayan, Vasu Naik, Laxman K J, Iqbal, Uday Gowda, Uday Rai, Praveen M, Taranath S, Shona Shah and Suresh Kumar.