Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he South Division police of KG Nagar police and Jayanagar police busted an inter state drug racket and arrested a gang of five persons and recovered,6 Litres Hashish oil with 506 kilograms of Marijuana worth Rs.5 crore .
The accused has been identified as,Nawaz Pasha,Noor Ahmed,Mubarak,Imran Pasha and Kiran Bangarappa.
Senior officer told reporters,Based on a tip off,a team of police rushed to the spot and arrested Nawaz Pasha,Noor Ahmed,Mubarak,Imran Pasha and Kiran Bangarappa and recovered 66 kilograms of Marijuana concealed under the autorikshaw seats.
The accused were caught by a team of police while they were waiting for their customers in an autorickshaw near Kempambudi lake.
A detailed inquiry led them to confess that they are sourcing the drugs from Bhuvaneshwar through their source to peddle in the city .
Based on the confession the police raided their house in Kengeri and recovered 440 kilos of Marijuana .
Investigations revealed that the accused would pack the marijuana in backpacks and stuff under the trains while sitting at a distance to watch the bags .
The accused would get the bags at the less crowded KR Puram and transport it in the autorikshaw to their house in Kengeri where they would pack it in small packets to sell it to their customers.
In another incident, the Jayanagar police arrested Nayaz Pasha from Banashanakri and later Sheshagiri and Sagar Saho and recovered 50 kilograms of Marijuana and six kgs of hashish oil worth Rs.3 crore in total .
The accused was peddling drugs sourcing from his contacts Sheshagiri and Sagar from Goppili village in Andhra Pradesh.
Based on the information provided by Nayaz Pasha,a team of police went to Goppili along with Nayaz pasha and managed to nab Sheshagiri and Sagar,while two others managed to escape after pelting stones at the police party.
Karnataka DG-IGP, Praveen Sood,said in his tweet,Good work👏👏 towards our commitment to action against narcotic drugs. The ill-gotten assets and proceeds of crime should be attached @DCPSouthBCP.
City police commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy,Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,Appreciated DCP, South,P Krishnakant,ACPs,as,BL Srinivasmurthy and KV Srinivas,PIs,as,Rakshith,UR Manjunath,PSIs,as,Sachin D,Praveen Hosuru,and their whole crime staff who were part of this mega raid and others has been appreciated for their drive against drug peddlers a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
