Parmesh S Jain
The CCB officials of Anti-Narcotics Wing on Wednesday caught three Nigerian nationals and recovered synthetic drugs stored to sell on new year worth Rs.80 lakh
The accused has been identified as,Edochie Sylvester,Charles Ezo,Basil Ndudisi,all the trio resident of Nigeria.
Senior officer told media persons,as new year is near and the drug peddling in the city will be high as the peddlers will be waiting to sell the drugs to their clients charging high rate continuing the war on drugs and to control drug abuse in the city.
A separate wing has been formed as Anti-Narcotics Wing headed by ACP,KC Goutham,to keep a close watch on drug menace in the city.
The Anti-Narcotics wing officials received a reliable inputs that three foreign nationals in Bagaluru police station limits have stored huge amount of synthetic Drugs for new year party to sell it to their clients.
Based on a tip off a team of police headed by ACP,KC Goutham and team swung into action and kept a close watch for couple of days on the house and after getting confirmation the team raided a house in Bagaluru and after conducting search the team recovered 400 grams of MDMA, 40 grams of Cocaine,400 grams of Hashish packed in Fiama soap boxes from their possession.
During investigation the accused confessed the crime and a detailed investigation revealed that the accused came to india on business visas and overstayed to peddle drugs .
The accused would source the drugs from their contacts in Mumbai and bring it to the city packed in soap boxes to hoodwink police and central agencies.
The accused were storing the drugs at their rented house to sell it to their clients for the upcoming new year celebrations he added.
A case has been registered against all the trio under NDPS Act and Foreigners Act in Bagaluru police station and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-2,BS Angadi,ACP,KC Gautham, PI,R Virupakshaswamy,PSI,Prem Kumar,and crime staff as,Sridhar,Srinivas,Arun, Srinivas,Kumar and others has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by the whole team and a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.
