Paemesh S jain special correspondent
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of Central Crime Branch on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old ophthalmologist and recovered 42 grams of Hydro ganja worth Rs.3 lakh which he had smuggled from Netherlands via international courier facility.
Based on the tip off,a team of officials led by Inspector, Mohammed Mukarram,raided platinum city apartment in Yeshwanthpur and arrested Nikhil Gopalkrishan and recovered the drugs from him.
The accused working in a private hospital addicted to drugs and sourced it from telegram link and paid the money through bitcoin,the police,said .
The accused had sourced the drugs couple of times earlier and caught this time following a tip off from the courier department,a senior officer told reporters.
The accused was booked by Yeshwanthpura police in NDPS case for further investigations.
Earlier the CCB officials arrested Emmanuel Kwasy,32 from Ghana and Chainasa Cyprilan Okoye,38 from Nigeria and recovered Rs.51 lakh worth 500 grams of MDMA crystals from them.
The accused had come to India on tourist visa and started peddling drugs after sourcing them from Mumbai.
The accused were earlier booked by Mumbai police in a similar case and after their release shifted their base to Soladevanahalli in Bengaluru to continue peddle drugs.
In another case,the police arrested 40-year-old Kalu Chukwa from Nigeria and recovered Rs.1.8 crore worth MDMA crystals,1273 ecstasy tablets and a mobile phone from him.
Chuwka had come to city on Business visa in 2023 and settled in Soladevanahalli.He would source the drugs from his network and sell it to his customers.
With the arrest the CCB officials recovered synthetic drugs total worth Rs.2.3 crores,City police commissioner,B.Dayananda,said and appreciated the whole team he added.
