Parmesh S Jain
The East Division police of Banaswadi and Ramamurthynagar police on Monday arrested five persons including a gang of three from Tripura and recovered 35 kgs of Ganja worth Rs 10 lakh from them.
Senior officer told reporters,The Banaswadi police inspector and his team based on tip off about drug supply in their jurisdiction the team rushed to the spot and arrested the accused identified as,Qamrul Islam, 27,Sahib Miyan,40 and his relative Khurshid Miyan,21 they were caught red handed while trying to sell the drugs near Jnakiram Layout Autorickshaw stand.
The accused confessed that they are daily wage labourers working in city and would source the drugs from their native and get it by train concealing in their backpacks and sell it to make extra money.
The accused have been booked under NDPS act and taken into custody for further investigations.
In another incident,the Ramamurthynagar police inspector and his team arrested Asif Sheikh, 30 and Shivraj, 26 from Odisha and recovered 15 kgs of Marijuana which they were selling it to their customers in small packets.
The accused confessed to the police that they source the drugs from their contacts in their native place and brought it to the city and sell it for double the price.
The police are trying to track down the source of of the drugs to ascertain if they have bigger network.A case under NDPS Act has been registered and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP East,Dr Bheemashankar Guled,ACP,Ningappa B Sakkiri,PIs,as,Sathish HS,Melwin Francis,PSI,as,Nagaraj Nedalgi,and crime staff as,Prakash,Balaji,Anand,Santhosh Rathod,Anand,Murali Krishna,Raju, Devendra Nayak,Nataraj,Doddarangappa, Keshav Murthy and others have been appreciated for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
