Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Northeast division police on Monday busted an international level drug racket and arrested two persons including a woman from Tanzania peddling drugs in the city.
Senior officer told reporters,Based on a tip off,a team of police from Kothanur station caught the woman red handed aged around 30 years and recovered MDMA pills and Marijuana total worth Rs.3.4 lakh from her .
The accused had come to city on student visa and overstayed after the expiry of her travel documents and suspected to be peddling drugs since then.
Based on her information the police raided her house and found four more women from Tanzania who did not have any valid documents and overstaying .
The four detained women will be deported after due course while the accused peddler have been booked under NDPS and also under Foreigners act for further investigations.
Meanwhile,the Sampigehalli police arrested a Nigerian National and recovered 1.4 kilo of Marijuana and a weighing machine from the backpack he was carrying.
The accused identified as Prince did not have any valid documents and overstaying illegally.
Probe revealed that he is a habitual offender involved in similar offence and arrested by Soladevanahalli police earlier.However he is out on bail and continue to peddle drugs,a police officer,said .
We have some information about the source of the drugs and investigation is on to track down others who are part of the network a senior officer said.
