Six arrested in Bengaluru drug bust; MDMA, Hydro Ganja worth Rs 20 crore seized
Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) Six people, including two inter-state operatives and four locals, have been arrested by the Bengaluru police on Tuesday for allegedly selling illegal narcotic substances in the Yeshwanthpur and Nandini Layout areas of the city.
The arrests were made following multiple raids conducted within the limits of Yeshwanthpur Police Station (in two separate cases) and Nandini Layout Police Station (in one case) based on credible information received from informants on different dates.
Police registered cases under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act before launching the operations.
According to police, the accused were involved in procuring banned drugs such as MDMA and hydro ganja at low prices from unidentified inter-state and local suppliers and selling them at higher rates, particularly targeting the general public and college students to make illegal profits.
During the raids, police seized a total of 8 kg 58 grams of MDMA and 5 kg 700 grams of hydro ganja from the possession of the accused. In addition, four mobile phones used for communication in the drug trade and one car were also confiscated.
The total value of the seized materials has been estimated at Rs 10.05 crore, while the market value is said to be around Rs 20.10 crore, indicating the scale of the illegal operation.
Police officials said efforts are underway to trace and apprehend the unidentified suppliers, both local and inter-state, who were allegedly providing the narcotic substances to the accused. The investigation is currently ongoing.
All six accused were produced before the court on different dates and have been remanded to judicial custody.
The operation was carried out under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Division) B.S. Nemagouda, IPS, and led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (Yeshwanthpur Sub-Division) Mary Shylaja, along with Police Inspectors Manjunatha S of Yeshwanthpur Police Station and Ganapathi R.L of Nandini Layout Police Station and their respective teams.
In another development, Bengaluru East Division Police have arrested three persons, including one inter-state accused, in connection with a house burglary case reported at Indiranagar Police Station, and recovered stolen property worth about Rs 1.15 crore.
The police have solved 18 cases by cracking the case.
The case was registered on December 25, 2024, after a resident of B.M. Kaval reported that unidentified persons had broken into his house while his family was away in Kerala and stolen gold jewellery and cash.
During investigation, police detained a suspect on March 22, who confessed to the crime and revealed involvement in multiple burglaries across the city along with two accomplices. The other accused were later apprehended from Makali and Chickpet.
Based on their confession, police recovered 855 grams of gold jewellery and bars along with cash. The arrests have helped solve 18 house burglary cases across several police station limits in Bengaluru.
In yet another bust, in Bengaluru city’s North East Division, across 11 police station limits, the police investigating on cases of either stolen or lost cases of mobile phones, successfully recovered 692 mobile phones of various brands, with a total value of Rs 1.75 crore.
–IANS
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