"Brand Mangalore" Operation Suraksha, by new commissioner of police at four major beach areas were combed and results were 1.More than 70 individuals were secured for questioning. Barring 5 or 6,all of them were found consuming alcohol
2. One FIR was booked at Surathkal station for Ganja peddling as accused were found selling Ganja in tablet form and mixed with chocolate. One knife was recovered from the accused
3.17 bikes and 7 cars were seized for further documents verification. Of this,12 bikes had pending cases on it and 2 cars. There are few bikes with more than 10 cases registered against them
4.All those who were found in drunken form were warned and documents collected for database purpose. Repetition of such offences will be dealt with severely in the future.