Bengaluru Police seize drugs worth Rs 7.83 crore, arrest 14 including foreigners
New drug found for first time in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: In a significant operation, the CCB Police in Bengaluru have seized drugs worth Rs 7.83 crore and arrested 14 individuals, including three foreigners. The operation is part of the police department's ongoing battle against drug-related crimes in the city.
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayanand provided details during a press conference held at the police commissioner's office. He highlighted that the operation resulted in the seizure of a substantial quantity of drugs across seven cases registered in different parts of the city, including Vidyaranyapura, Banashankari, and Cottonpet.
Among the seized drugs, a new addition to the list was mephedrone, which had not been previously detected in Bengaluru. The police confiscated a total of 1.8 kilograms of mephedrone. The accused individuals were reportedly selling mephedrone for a substantial Rs 15,000 per gram.
One of the arrested suspects, Francis, originally from Nigeria, was found in possession of mephedrone, cocaine, and MDMA ecstasy powder. The value of the seized drugs from this individual alone amounted to Rs 3.80 crores.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
