Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The Kalasipalya police on Tuesday arrested a 32-year-old hotel staff and recovered 20.5 kgs of Marijuana which he had smuggled from his hometown to sell in in city .
The accused identified as Selvaraj, from Kanchipuram was caught while he was waiting for his clients near the bus stand.
The police recovered few packets from him and based on his information raided a the room of a lodge where he had stayed and kept the rest of the drugs neatly packed in a plastic covers .
The accused works as a waiter at a hotel in his hometown but used to peddle drugs to make extra money.
The police suspect that the accused is a part of the inter state drug racket ring and efforts are on to track down his network and source, a senior police officer, said .
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,C H Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,KC Giri,PI Chethan Kumar ML and his crime staff for the commendable job done by them in nabbing the notorious hotel staff turned drug peddler to earn easy money is landed in police net a special reward will be given to whole team he added
