Parmesh S Jain
The Whitefield Division police of Maratahalli police on Wednesday arrested a group of three peddlers and recovered 40 kilos of Marijuana worth Rs four lakh from them.
The accused have been identified as Ajaikumar, 21,from Bagepalli,Rajbabu,23,and Ravi, 30 from Chittoor.
Senior officer told media persons,the war on drugs is in action in the city to bring the drug abuse under control,The Marathahalli police sub inspector,Rangesh received a credible information from one of the consumer that 3 persons are waiting near Panathur railway gate to deliver the consignment to their clients.
Based on a tip off, from a consumer a team of police rushed to the spot and surrounded the area and after keeping a close watch on them the team raided the place and they were caught red handed while they were unloading drugs from a vehicle on roadside .
During investigation the accused confessed the crime and a detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that the accused source the drugs from their contact in Vizag in bulk and smuggle it into the city to sell it concealed with vegetables and greens and sell it to the local peddlers in the city using code word.
All the three accused have been booked under NDPS Act and taken into custody for further investigation is on to ascertain the network of the accused.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP,Whitefield,S Girish,ACP,Kishore Bharani,PI,SLR Reddy,PSI,as,Rangesh and Ashok Madiyal and crime staff as,Harinath,Allah Bakash,Williams George,Mahesh Nayak,Manjunath Patil, Mehaboob, Arjun Naik has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in nabbing three notorious drug peddlers who used to sell the drugs using code words are now cooling their heels in jail a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
