The anti-narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), in a particular drive towards drug peddlers, busted a racket and arrested a gang of seven folks from Kerala who had been utilizing on-line supply apps to produce drugs.
The accused, in accordance with the CCB officers, had been working from a rented home in (*10*) and would pack the drugs in present bins to ship to their prospects and obtain the money in the identical packages in return.
The accused had been sourcing the drugs from African nationals and working the racket for the previous couple of months earlier than the CCB officers, based mostly on a tip-off, tracked them down and arrested them.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) S.D. Sharanappa stated that seven of the accused are amongst 19 peddlers arrested in and across the metropolis, in a month-long operation towards drugs.
Owing to police vigil, peddlers have been utilizing completely different strategies to smuggle and provide drugs.
In one other incident, the CCB officers arrested an government with an insurance coverage firm for allegedly peddling drugs. He would retailer cannabis oil in a custom-made compartment within the boot of his automotive to keep away from undue consideration, accodring to the police. The accused sourced the drugs from his contacts in Visakhapatnam and was working within the metropolis for the final six months earlier than he was tracked down, a police officer stated.
In an identical case, the officers arrested two meals supply executives for allegedly peddling drugs.
As many as 10 peddlers among the many 19 arrested are from Kerala, whereas the others embody two from Nigeria, one from the Ivory Coast, one every from West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, the police stated.
Among the seized drugs , the officers recovered 6 kilos of cannabis oil, 51.8 kilos of marijuana, 140 grams of MDMA crystals, 236 tablets of Ecstasy, 34 LSD strips, and 23 grams of cocaine complete worth ₹7.06 crore.
