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A suspected ganja smuggler, who escaped from the custody of airdrome customs officials, was caught aft a melodramatic pursuit adjacent the Devanahalli-Doddaballapura junction connected Saturday.
According to the police, the fishy had arrived from Bangkok and was being escorted for a aesculapian introspection by Airport Customs caput constable Vishal Chandal astatine astir 7 a.m. During the transit, the fishy reportedly told the serviceman that helium wanted to spell to the washroom, but nether the pretext, fled from custody.
The customs serviceman alerted the Namma-112 exigency helpline, which informed the Hoysala-181 patrol conveyance attached to the Devanahalli Police Station. The constabulary unit reached the spot wrong 3 minutes.
The patrol squad spotted the fishy astatine a region and launched a chase. Following a astir two-km pursuit connected foot, the constabulary managed to apprehend him. The accused was aboriginal handed implicit to the Devanahalli police.
The constabulary said that since a lawsuit had already been registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau, the fishy was formally arrested. Further enactment was being taken.
