B’luru: Foreign national held for selling drugs from rented house; MDMA worth ₹5.15 crore seize
Bengaluru: The city’s Anti-Narcotics Wing has taken into custody a foreign national for allegedly selling drugs while staying in a rented house in the city, police said on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Ernest Onyekachi Uga (45). According to police, he was residing in a rented accommodation in the Munekollalu area under the Marathahalli police station limits and was involved in the sale of MDMA and ecstasy tablets.
Acting on specific information, a team from the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Bengaluru City Police conducted a raid and apprehended the accused. During the operation, the police seized 2.5 kg of MDMA and 300 ecstasy tablets from his possession. The seized drugs are estimated to be worth around ₹5.15 crore in the international market.
Police said that the accused has two prior criminal cases related to drug trafficking registered against him at the Hennur and Kadugodi police stations. He had recently been released from jail and had allegedly resumed his illegal activities soon after.
Following continued surveillance on his movements, the police arrested him once again while he was allegedly engaged in drug trafficking. A case has been registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act.
Further investigation is underway to trace the source of the seized narcotics and to identify others involved in the drug network, police added.
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Woman held for Rs 7 lakh gold jewellery theft in Thane
Thane (PTI): Police have arrested a 40-year-old woman for allegedly breaking into a house in Maharashtra's Thane district and stealing gold ornaments valued at Rs 7.08 lakh, an official said on Tuesday.
The theft occurred on January 15 when a 51-year-old woman occupant of the house, located in the Mira Road area, had gone to cast her vote in the civic polls.
When the woman returned home after voting, she found that someone had entered the house, broken a wooden cupboard locker in the bedroom and stolen gold ornaments of Rs 7.08 lakh, Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar's Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Madan Ballal said.
Based on her complaint, the police launched an investigation and zeroed in on a woman suspect. They took her into custody on January 17, and during interrogation, she confessed to her involvement in the offence, he said.
Following the information provided by the accused, all the stolen jewellery was later recovered, the police said.
The accused was booked under relevant provisions for housebreaking and theft.
