Two months jail for drunken driving

January 23, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:37 am IST - HYDERABAD:

A lorry driver has been awarded two months jail term by a local court here on Thursday, after he was found driving in an inebriated condition during a check conducted last weekend. The driver, Mohd. Syed, hailing from Adilabad, was intercepted by the traffic police at Goshamahal. When subjected to a breath analyser test, his blood alcohol content read 416 mg/l00ml. Seven other vehicle drivers were sentenced to 10 days imprisonment each while one was given a five-day jail term.Woman caught

with Ephedrine

A woman from abroad was caught with Ephedrine, a banned narcotic substance, at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad on Thursday.

The Customs officials stumbled upon the substance stuffed in the luggage when it was scanned.

They detained the woman, who was headed for Jeddah. She was interrogated.

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