Mangalore police make headway in probe into drug cartel

August 24, 2011

Mangalore, August 24: The three people arrested at Kottara Chowki for ganja peddling by the Urwa police, have been remanded to judicial custody by a local court. A Maruthi Zen was also seized from the accused during the interrogation. Police have gathered information about several others involved in the racket.

Daakappa (35), Shivappa (30), residents of a resident of Ananthpur, Sagar and Puneeth Shetty, a resident of Shakthi Nagar were arrested by a team headed by Sub-Inspector P Suresh of Urwa station and seized 800 grams of ganja, five mobile phones and a Maruthi Zen worth Rs 5lakhs.

They were under police custody for three days.

Police have confirmed that the car owned by Puneeth Shetty which was used for peddling was seized. He was involved in peddling previously and had evaded the police.

It is said he had targeted four prominent colleges of Mangalore in his illicit deal and ganja was being sold with a code word “score”.

Police has said that the numbers of addicts in the region are high. They have received information about several others involved in the racket.

In the past week several people including four students were arrested in connection with ganja peddling in different parts of the city.

An officer from the police department informed that a person caught selling less than a kilogram of ganja would be subjected to six months of imprisonment and would be fined up to Rs 10000.

If caught selling more than a kilogram, law suggests punishment of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. If caught twice in the same offence, the accused can be imprisoned for life. He also informed that using of illicit drugs is also a punishable offence.

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Why Mangaluru Could Become India’s Next Offshore Wind Energy Hub

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February 3,2026

Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has urged the Centre to give high priority to offshore wind energy generation along the Mangaluru coast, citing its strategic importance to India’s green energy and port-led development goals.

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha under Rule 377, Chowta said studies by the National Institute of Oceanography have identified the Mangaluru coastline as part of India’s promising offshore wind ‘Zone-2’, covering nearly 6,490 sq km. He noted that the region’s relatively low exposure to cyclones and earthquakes makes it suitable for long-term offshore wind projects and called for its development as a dedicated offshore wind energy zone.

Highlighting the role of New Mangalore Port, Chowta said its modern infrastructure, multiple berths and heavy cargo-handling capacity position it well as a logistics hub for transporting and assembling large wind energy equipment.

He also pointed to the presence of major industrial units such as MRPL, OMPL, UPCL and the Mangaluru SEZ, which could serve as direct buyers of green power through power purchase agreements, improving project viability and speeding up execution.

With Karnataka’s peak power demand crossing 18,000 MW in early 2025, Chowta stressed the need to diversify renewable energy sources. He added that offshore wind projects in the Arabian Sea are strategically safer compared to the cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal.

Calling the project vital to India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Chowta urged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to initiate resource assessments, pilot projects and stakeholder consultations at the earliest.

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