Karwar: Five ‘bombs’ were detected at Tadadi Fishing Port, Karwar commercial port, railway station and other places and 17 suspected people were caught during ‘Sagar Kavach’, a mock drill held to assess the preparedness of all agencies towards dealing with an asymmetric threat emanating from the sea.

The exercise was designed after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks to prevent intrusions from the sea. 

The exercise was jointly taken up by the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Coastal Security Police, Customs, Department of Police and other departments.

Over 829 security personnel took part in the mock drill and undertook extensive patrolling to detect threats. During the drill, the force was divided into two groups-Red Force and Blue Force. 

While the Red Force enacted the role of terrorists who infiltrate cities and towns from the coast, the Blue Force acted as enforcement agencies, hunting down the terrorists.

The exercise spanned on the entire coastline of Uttara Kannada district.

The drill is being held for two days and on Day-1 of the mock drill, ‘terrorists’ were caught at Shirwad railway station, Gokarna main beach, Tadadi port and near Devgad light house.