Hassan police arrest one, seize ganja worth over ₹20.78 lakh

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The Hassan constabulary  arrested Alimulla Sharief, a autochthonal  of Pandavapura successful  Mandya district. They recovered 41.5 kg of ganja from his possession.

The Hassan constabulary arrested Alimulla Sharief, a autochthonal of Pandavapura successful Mandya district. They recovered 41.5 kg of ganja from his possession. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The Hassan constabulary arrested a idiosyncratic and recovered ganja worthy implicit ₹20.78 lakh from him astatine Mosale Hosahalli successful Hassan taluk connected Monday (June 8). The accused allegedly sold the contraband to engineering assemblage students and others successful the area.

Acting connected a tip-off, the Shantigrama constabulary conducted a hunt cognition astatine the APMC marketplace astatine Mosale Hosahalli and arrested Alimulla Sharief, a autochthonal of Pandavapura successful Mandya district. They recovered 41.5 kg of ganja from his possession.

Shubhanwita, Hassan Superintendent of Police (SP), said the accused was arrested based connected accusation fixed by a source. “Initially, we recovered 9 sachets of ganja connected him. During interrogation, helium revealed wherever helium had kept the remaining stock,” the SP said.

The preliminary probe suggests the ganja was procured from Odisha and transported to Karnataka by train. “The accused sold ganja successful Hassan and different locations. We are investigating to place who other is progressive successful the web and to hint the source,” Ms. Shubhanwita added.

Published - June 09, 2026 06:27 p.m. IST

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