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Mangaluru: Coffee bags worth over Rs 21 lakh were reported to have been stolen from a stationed lorry in Puttur. The incident came to light after the driver discovered that the vehicle’s rear seal had been broken and several sacks were missing upon reaching Mangaluru port.
According to the complaint filed at the Puttur Town Police Station by Trutesh (29), a resident of Kabaka village and the owner-cum-driver of lorry , he has been transporting coffee beans for nearly two years. On December 2, he received a booking from Bhavani Shipping Service Agency in Panambur to transport coffee beans from Piriyapatna to the Mangaluru port.
On December 3, he reached Highrange Coffee Curing House in Piriyapatna, where 320 gunny bags, each weighing 60 kg, were loaded onto the lorry. While returning towards Mangaluru, he parked the vehicle at Nehru Nagar in Kabaka , locked it and went home. The next morning, he resumed his journey and reached Mangaluru port. During the quality check, staff noticed the rear seal broken. Upon inspection, 80 bags of coffee beans were found missing. The stolen consignment is valued at Rs 21,44,000.
Puttur Town Police have registered a case under Section 303(2) of the BNS.