Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
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ollowing a lead from a drug addict,the Girinagar police on Monday busted an inter state drug racket and arrested a gang of four peddlers from Jalna town in Maharastra, amidst high drama .
Senior officer told reporters The accused family created high drama when police went to secure their arrest,put out a strong resistance but the city police team managed to whisked them away.
The family later filed a kidnap complaint with the jurisdictional police.The Maharastra police chased the police vehicle for several hours and when it reached the border they cops detained the police team.
However after getting the confirmation about identity and the case the accused were involved the Maharastra police cooperated and escorted the city police till the border,a senior police officer,part of the operation,said .
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Division) P.Krishnakant,supervising the case,appreciated Giri Nagar police team .
It all started when Girinagar police based on credible information caught Sairam a drug addict red handed consuming marijuana.
Based on his information the police zeroed in on Syed Sadiq,a local peddler,Sadiq told the police that he was sourcing the drugs from his contacts from Jalna.
Armed with the information,the police went to Jalna and kept a tab for few days before arresting Amol, Akash and Rahul Brothers .
The accused put out a strong resistance but the city police managed to pin them down.From the accused the police have seized 96 kilos of Marijuana worth 50 lakh.
The accused are running the racket for quite sometime having network of local peddlers in neighbouring states including Karnataka, the police , said .
