Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
In what can be called a major crackdown by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB),a drug trafficking network in Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu was busted by the agency.
The NCB said on Wednesday that 40 grams of MDMA,84 grams of cocaine and a small quantity of marijuana was recovered.Four people were arrested among which one is Nigerian,NCB said.
Officials with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) uncovered an inter-State drug trafficking network and arrested four persons a foreign national from Nigeria and three suspected dealers from Tamil Nadu on Monday.
One of the three dealers arrested is reportedly wanted in connection with a 2015 high-profile case in Kochi where a Malayalam film actor was caught in possession of cocaine, said sources.
During a raid on Monday at Electronics City, an NCB team seized 84 grams of cocaine, 40 grams of MDMA and a small quantity of hashish and ganja. The total cost of the seized drugs is estimated to be around Rs.50 lakh.
The dealers hail from Chennai and had come to Bengaluru to purchase drugs.They are known suppliers and habitual offenders, already involved in NDPS cases registered in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
They were planning to sell drugs procured from the Nigerian national to their customer base in hotels, pubs and colleges in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu,said an NCB official.
With their arrested,the NCB Bengaluru Zonal Unit has effectively neutralised a major drug syndicate which was operating in the States of Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Kerala,said Amit Ghawate, zonal director, NCB.
The Nigerian national arrested was not only a regular supplier of drugs but also an expert in manufacturing them.He even said that he often taught his buyers ways to mix illegal substances to improve their potency.
