The City Crime Branch of Bengaluru police on Thursday arrested 11 people for allegedly selling drugs to the college students in the city. Many narcotic substances like MDMA, Ecstasy pills, LSD and Hashish oil were recovered from the accused and the investigation is going on.
A tweet in the official handle of CCB wing said, “Great work by the @CCBBangalore Anti Narcotics Wing, in arresting 11 drug peddlers including 2 from Kenya & Tanzania. The accused sold drugs to college students across @BlrCityPolice station jurisdictions. MDMA, Ecstasy pills, LSD, Cannabis & Hashish Oil worth 1.35 Cr have been seized. Further investigation is underway.”
In January, Mangaluru Police in Karnataka arrested nine people, including doctors, on Saturday over alleged involvement in consumption and peddling of narcotic substances. Among those held, there were also medical students of a private college in Mangaluru. Students and doctors from Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana and Karnataka were reportedly among the arrested people. In January alone, the police in Mangaluru have made twenty-four arrests in drug related cases.
Police also arrested a man in Mangaluru and seized 16 grams of narcotics, estimated to be worth Rs. 1.56 lakh. The accused, identified as Abdulla Bardila (51), is a resident of Goa and was caught while peddling drugs in Karnataka’s coastal city. Cops also seized one auto-press transparent Polyphone bag containing white color powder – suspected to be cocaine – weighing 12.64 grams, officials said at the time.