Pramesh S Jain.Yogesh K Porwar
The Southeast Division police of Sudduguntepalya police on Saturday busted another inter-state drug racket and arrested two persons including a B tech graduate for peddling Hashish oil in the city.The police also recovered four kilograms of Hashish oil worth Rs. 2 Crore from them.
The accused has been identified as,Mohammed Irfan,native of Kozhikode and resident of Hulimavu,and his associate Thari Azeem,25, resident of Hulimavu from Malappuram.
Additional Commissioner of Police,East,S Murugan,told reporters,as we have set up a squads in every stations as Anti-Narcotics squad to curb the drug abuse in the city.
Based on which the Sudduguntepalya police stations special Anti-Narcotics squad along with Inspector Nataraj DN were on patrolling in the area and while on patrolling they found one person who was under influence of drugs.
The team secured him and took the police station for further questioning to know the source of drugs the team stepped into investigation and grilled the drug consumer in their own style who spilled the beans and told that he has procured drugs from Mohammed Irfan.
Based on his information,a team led by Inspector Nataraj DN,raided the house of Irfan and recovered Hashish Oil from his house.
The team took him to station for questioning a detailed investigation by the team during investigation he confessed the crime and a detailed investigation by the team led to the arrest of his associate Thari Azeem after arresting both the accused the team recovered 4 kilograms of Hashish Oil worth Rs.2 Crore from them.
A detailed investigation by the team it was revealed that Mohammed Irfan was working as a freelancer after his graduation till lockdown was announced.Being a drug addict and also due to unemployment he started peddling drugs.He ganged up with his associate Thari Azeem,25, from Malappuram,a college drop out to peddle drugs.
When the team grilled both the accused to know the source the duo said they managed to buy drugs in bulk from their contacts in Vizag and smuggle into the city from different means and sell it to their customers who are college students and IT professionals.
A special team are now trying to track down their contact in Vizag who has supplied the Narcotics to the accused a case under NDPS Act has been registered against the accused and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP,Southeast,Dr.Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACP, Mico-layout,Sub-Division, Karibasavanagowda,PI,Nataraj DN,PSI,Bheemappa M Rabakavi,ASI,Raghavendra and crime staffs, as,Veerbhadrappa,Jaikumar,Siddaraju,Errana, Rudresh,and Venu has been appreciated who has arrested inter-state drug peddler and busted the racket a suitable reward will be given to the whole team for their exemplary work he added.
