Parmesh S Jain
The Anti Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch on Tuesday busted an international drug racket and arrested a Nigerian national who was using a pressure cooker to prepare MDMA crystals at his house.
The accused has been identified as,Richards,native of Nigeria.
Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta,told media persons,the Anti-Narcotics wing officials received a credible information about the Nigerian National in Soladevanahalli police station limits is indulged in preparing and peddling drugs in his house.
Based on information a team of police officials led by DCP Crime-2,BS Angadi with ACP,Gautham Kumar C and his officials rushed to the spot and kept a close watch on the house and surrounded the area and a team raided the house situated in Tarabanahalli on Hesaraghatta main road under Soladevanahalli police station limits.
The team of officials conducted a thorough search and during search the team found synthetic Drugs and raw materials chemicals and a 10 litres of custom made pressure cooker and other materials.
The accused was identified as,Richard and he confessed the crime and revealed that he had learnt to make drugs from his brother and source the required chemical from Delhi,the investigations revealed.
The accused identified as Richard had come to India in 2019 with his brother on a business visa. He shifted his base to the city six months ago and started to manufacture drugs at home to sell to his customers who are from the city and even outside.
The police have recovered synthetic drugs and raw material,chemicals worth Rs 50 lakh including 900 gram of Cocaine,50 grams of MDMA crystals and chemical and raw material used to prepare drugs.
The police also seized 10 liters of custom made pressure cooker which the accused was using to brew MDMA crystals,from it.
The accused would also source Cocaine from his contacts from outside the country and pedaling along with MDMA in and around the city.A case has been registered under NDPS Act and further investigation is on.
Commissioner of police,Kamal Pant,appreciated,Joint CP, Crime, Raman Gupta, DCP,Crime-2, BS Angadi,ACP, Gautham Kumar C,PI, Virupakshaswamy and his whole team,
He even said in his tweet,You cook,we book!
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of @CCBBangalore has arrested a foreign national for drug peddling. The accused used to prepare synthetic drugs in a pressure cooker and peddle them in domestic & international markets.
Cocaine, MDMA, and chemical substances worth Rs.50 lakh have been seized.Further investigation is underway.A reward of Rs.70 K has been announced to the team he added.
