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Vasantha | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The Surathkal constabulary connected Saturday arrested 2 persons connected the complaint of possessing cannabis and seized 21.45 kg drugs worthy ₹10.72 lakh which was allegedly procured to beryllium sold during the New Year celebrations.
The constabulary gave the names of the accused arsenic Pradeep Poojary, 32, autochthonal of Ulaibettu and nonmigratory of Chokkabettu-Surathkal and Vasantha, 42, nonmigratory of Chitrapura. The accused had allegedly been waiting successful a car with the drugs to merchantability it to prospective customers successful Parameshwarinagara, Chokkabettu, erstwhile the constabulary arrested them.
The constabulary besides seized 3 mobile phones, the car, strips for consuming cannabis, and ₹1,000 cash.
The accused reportedly told the constabulary that they procured cannabis from Orissa connected December 2025 to merchantability successful Mangaluru during the New Year celebrations. They nevertheless could not merchantability the drugs due to the fact that of the heightened constabulary vigil and frankincense kept it successful the car.
The Surathkal constabulary person registered a lawsuit nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and are investigating.
Poojary has been facing respective cases of assault, effort to murder, effort to perpetrate dacoity and nether assorted sections of the NDPS Act successful antithetic constabulary stations successful Dakshina Kannada and Mangaluru, the constabulary said.
The accused were arrested by Assistant Commissioner of Police (North) K Srikanth and his squad comprising ASI Chandrashekhar, caput constables M Reji, Damodar, Halesh Naik, Sunil Padanada and Sampath, Surathkal Police Inspector Pramod Kumar, PSI Raghu Naik and their squad comprising Annappa, Ajith Mathew and Anjinappa.
