Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
Govindpura police on Monday arrested two drug peddlers in a separate cases and recovered cocaine and brown sugar worth Rs 2.5 crore.
The accused has been identified as Chibueze Chinonso,(32),a resident of HBR Layout.
Senior officer told reporters,a special drive was organised in the city against the supply of narcotics substances in the city.
A team headed by inspector,Prakash R of Govindapura police station learnt that a local peddler had procured narcotics from Warud in Maharashtra.
Based on the information a team was pressed into action by DCP East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled formed a special team and the team rushed to the town and with the help of technical inputs the team traced the peddlers near a hotel on the night of February 9,by seeing the police supplier managed to escape.Police caught his associate,Srikanth,30,of Ankola.
During investigation Srikanth confessed to his involvement in drug peddling and based on his confession and statement the police team seized 2,428 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 1.2 crore from him.He was allegedly involved in supplying brown sugar to peddlers in major cities,including Bengaluru.
In the second case,Govindapura police inspector,Prakash R and his team arrested Chibueze Chinonso, a Nigerian a resident of Hennur Bande extension, on February 9.
The cops grilled the accused and during a search operation the team seized 930 grams of cocaine, worth around Rs 1.4 crore,from him.
A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that he procured the drug through the darknet from Brazil.Police arrested him when he was trying to sell it near a forest office in HBR Layout.
The accused Chinonso used to brought the cocaine from Brazil and transporting it to Delhi. He had contacts with international drug peddlers who were getting cocaine after ingesting also known as body stuffing large amounts of cocaine in an attempt to conceal it. Later he used to bring the city trains and was selling it to the celebrities for high price.
The Govindapura PS team conducted a special drive against narcotics & arrested 2 persons including a foreign national in 2 separate cases. The foreign citizen used to procure drugs from abroad and peddle it to celebrities. 910 gms of cocaine worth Rs.1.30 Cr has been seized.
In an another interstate operation, the Govindapura PS team has arrested a person for drug peddling.2.4 Kg of Brown Sugar worth Rs.1.21 Cr has been seized and further investigation is underway.
Finally he appreciated Addl CP East, Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled,ACP,KS Jagadish,PI, Prakash R, PSI,Lokesh N,and crime staff as,Anand Kumar,Suresh Badagi,Madhu,Siddappa H,Thirkappa Sangur,Anand Nayak,Manju S, Prabhu,Badakalja M Honavad,Chinnaswamy,Sandeep,Nagaraju Y, Fakeerappa and other staff has been highly appreciated for the commendable job and excellent investigation done in nabbing the duo peddlers and recovering Cocaine and brown sugar from them worth cross and a cash reward of 50K has been announced to the team he added.