Bengaluru cops seize drugs worth Rs 1.25 Cr, four people held
Bengaluru: Four people from Kerala have been arrested here on charges of peddling drugs, and Rs 1.25 crore worth drugs seized from their possession, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday.
The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru raided their hideout at Soladevanahalli and seized the drugs.
"We have told the officers to launch a crackdown against drugs. We have taken a pledge to contain this menace not only in Bengaluru but also in Karnataka.
It's a big network that remains underground and carries out its operations clandestinely in various forms," Bommai said.
According to police, Shahad Mohammed (24), Ajmal Koya (22), both from Kozhikode district, Ajin KG Verghese (21), and Nithin Mohan (29) from Pathanamthitta district in Kerala were arrested with the consignment.
They allegedly used to sell these drugs in various pubs.
Police seized 2,000 LSD tablet sheets, 110 grams of MDMA crystals, 10 ecstasy tablets, five kg of cannabis, and five mobile phones.
Bommai said Bengaluru is a metropolitan city where people from across the globe stay.
There are a large number of students from different parts of the country coming here and studying by paying hefty fees.
As these students stay away from their parents and have huge money with them, they easily fall prey to these vices, he said and appealed to the parents and educational institutions to help the government contain this menace.
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Two held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.79 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Two people were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here for attempting to smuggle hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.79 crore, upon their arrival from Bangkok on Wednesday, officials said
They seized 16.54 kg of hydroponic ganja, which was concealed in the checked-in baggage, the Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X'.
Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials at the Bengaluru Airport also disposed of 287.5 kg of Ganja (Hydroponic Weed) and 1.17 kg of Cocaine seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, in accordance with CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) Disposal Manual on March 17, it said in another post.
