Pramesh Jain
The Anti-Narcotics wing of Central Crime Branch sleuths on Wednesday busted an inter-state drug racket and arrested five persons including two software engineers and a law student from a reputed college in the city.
The police also recovered synthetic drugs , Hashish oil and marijuana worth Rs 30 lakh from the Paying guest accomodation where they were staying.
The accused (names withheld as per the new guidelines)told the police they along with three others source the drugs through dark net from Himachal Pradesh.
Senior officer told reporters,Our ACP Anti-Narcotics Wing,KC Gautham received a credible information that some people are indulged in drug peddling activities and are operating from a PG near Bydarahalli.
Acting on a tip off,a team led by ACP,KC Goutham and team raided Prasiddhi PG accomodation situated near East west college in Byadarahalli police station limits and arrested five persons for holding drugs in their possession.
The team conducted a search at the PG and found Rs 30 Lakhs worth of Ecstacy,Charas & LSD were seized from them.
During interrogation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that they sourced the drugs from dark net through international courier and peddled drugs to their clients through dunzo after getting the payment through google pay.
The seized drugs include 300 MDMA ecstasy pills,150 LSD strips,250 Hashish and one kilograms of Marijuana from them altogether value of Rs.30 Lakhs seized.
A detailed investigation by the team the accused spilled the beans and it was found they would stay in Himachal Pradesh from there they would source the drugs to avoid undue attention.
The accused would trade the drugs with bitcoins and get the consignment through international courier .
After getting the consignment the accused would get the drugs into the city and peddle it through dunzo.
The accused would pack the drugs in the package material of a reputed online company (Amazon),so that the police would not doubt the parcel.
Further investigations revealed the accused worked as local peddlers and two among them working in a city based IT companies have distributed free drugs initially to get the employees to get addicted to it.
This is the strategy adopted by the accused to add more customers,a senior police officer said .
A law student is also one among the peddlers studying in a reputed college in the city and selling drugs to his classmates and friends using the same modus operandi,the police said .
The CCB have booked the accused under NDPS Act and IT Act and efforts are on to track down remaining three accused who are on the run.
Yet another DARKWEB procured drug haul seized by CCB Anti Narcotics wing.. Rs 30 Lakhs worth of Ecstacy, Charas & LSD seized..5 accused arrested..disguised as home delivery staff to deliver to customers..further investigation on..@CPBlr @BlrCityPolice ,Sandeep Patil,Joint CP Crime,said in a tweet.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-2,BS Angadi,ACP,KC Gautham Kumar,PI,Virupakshaswamy,and crime staff as,Shannur Ranamale,Shivappa K,Srinivas,Vinay,Srinivas and other staff has been appreciated for successfully nabbing all the five accused and busted the racket and for the exemplary work done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
