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District prison raided: cell phones, ganja, weapons seized


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Sep 05, 2016: A police team under the guidance of City Police Commissioner Chandra Shekhar raided the District Prison here during the wee hours of September 5, Monday and have seized several mobile phones and ganja among other things.


raided 5 It has been gathered that as many as 29 mobile phones, 12 SIM cards, a metal punch, a knife, iron rods and   ganja, the quantity of which is yet to be ascertained, have been seized.

The raid which took place at around 2 am comes in the backdrop of a recent clash in the prison which left one inmate injured.

Sanjeeva Patil, Shantharaju, DCPs,  Tilak Raj  and Uday Naik, ACPs, Rajesh, Maruti Naik, Shantharam and Ravish, Inspectors from Barke, Kadri, Bunder and Urwa stations respectively, were part of the raiding team.