6 months ago
1
In a bid of coordinated operations, the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch officials arrested 19 people, including 14 overseas nationals, and seized 4.904 kg of narcotic substances worthy ₹7.7 crore successful antithetic raids crossed the city.
A squad of officials raided a determination wrong Suddaguntepalya Police Station limits and arrested a Nigerian pistillate and recovered 760 gm of MDMA crystals worthy ₹1.52 crore. The accused, according to the officials, did not person immoderate valid question documents and stayed successful the metropolis to peddle drugs.
In different operation, the CCB portion raided a residence successful B. Narayanapura, Mahadevapura, and detained 5 section cause peddlers, and recovered 600 gm of hydro ganja valued astatine ₹60 lakh. The constabulary besides seized 5 mobile phones from them. The accused had rented a location and were peddling drugs connected the instructions of an absconding cardinal supplier.
In a akin operation, the CCB officials arrested a pistillate from Kenya, moving astatine a salon and peddling drugs, and recovered 2.044 kg of MDMA worthy ₹4.08 crore from her. Investigations revealed that she had travel to India connected a tourer visa past twelvemonth and was moving arsenic a hairdresser successful Kammanahalli portion sourcing drugs from 2 absconding accused from Nigeria and Tanzania.
Another portion of CCB officials besides intercepted suspicious planetary parcels astatine the Foreign Post Office nether K.G. Nagar limits and seized 1.5 kg of hydro ganja worthy ₹1.5 crore. The drugs were concealed wrong foreign-brand biscuit and cocoa packets imported from Thailand and France. A lawsuit nether the NDPS Act has been registered astatine K.G. Nagar Police Station.
Illegal stay
Meanwhile, successful associated operations, CCB teams and Electronics City Division officials raided locations nether Hebbagodi Police limits and detained 11 overseas nationals staying without valid passports oregon visas.
They were produced earlier FRRO officials and aboriginal shifted to the Foreigners Detention Centre for deportation proceedings.
A lawsuit has besides been registered against location owners Shivarama Krishna, 42, and Sangappa Patil, 35, for renting premises to overseas nationals without pursuing mandatory verification procedures.
