Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Sub-Editor)
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of the CCB on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old swimming coach and recovered 5.5 kilos of Marijuana worth Rs.10 lakh from him.
The accused Rizwan Razaq,native of Kerala working as coach at a private club in Begur working in the city for the last 8 years.
Senior officer told reporters the accused in order to make a quick money sourced the drugs from local peddlers and selling it to his contacts.
Based on a tip off,a team of CCB officials raided his place and booked him under NDPS.
In another case,the CK Acchukattu police on Saturday arrested a Nigerian National and recovered 24 grams of Cocaine worth ₹ 1.75 lakh from him.
The accused was caught red handed while waiting for his contacts at Katriguppe play ground to deliver the goods .
Based on a tip off,a team of police rushed to the spot and arrested the accused .
The accused did not have any valid travel documents and suspected to be sourcing the drugs from his contacts from neighbouring state, a senior officer, said .
