Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The Narcotics wing of the CCB on Saturday arrested a 42-year-old bakery employee and recovered 10 kilograms of marijuana which he was selling to his customers .
The accused has been identified as Manikumar Singh,a native of Bihar and employed in a bakery at Marathahalli.
Senior officer told reporters the accused used to source the drugs from his contact in Odisha and selling it to his customers who are mainly from labourers from Uttar Pradesh who regular visitor to his bakery.
Based on a tip off,the police raided his bakery and caught him red handed before searching his rented house and recovering the rest of the drugs which he had stored .;
In another incident the Wilson Garden police arrested a 34-year-old rowdy-sheeter and recovered 21 kilos of Marijuana from him.
The accused Pagalavan used to move around on bike to peddle drugs in and around the area.
Based on a tip off,the police arrested the accused who confessed that after being released from prison,the accused wanted resorted to drug peddling to earn quick money.
The police have booked him under NDPS and probing further to ascertain the source of drugs .
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta DCPs,as,Sreenivas Gowda,BS Angadi,ACPs,as,Ramachandra,V Narayanaswamy,PIs,as,Ashok Kumar,A Raju,and their whole crime staff has been appreciated for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them in nabbing the duo drug peddlers a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
