WwwPramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
In a series of operations across the city for the last one week, officials of the Central Crime Branch busted an inter state drug racket,arrested 13 peddlers and recovered synthetic drugs worth Rs.2.4 crore from them.
Dr SD Sharanappa,Joint commissioner of Police, heading CCB wing said that the peddlers have adopted novel way of Modus Operandi to peddler drugs to their customers ranging from communicating and sharing the location through whatsapp to deliver the drugs using courier and delivery apps .
The CCB has carried the operations across the city in nine places including in Hennur,Kodigehalli,HSR Layout, Puttenahalli,Talaghattapura,Koramangala, Bommanahalli,KR Puram and Banaswadi police station limits.
Citing a case in Talaghattapura,the officials said that the local peddlers operate contactless supply method and would get the delivery orders from their boss sitting and operating from Kerala.
The accused would place the drugs in an isolated place and share the location with the consumers through their boss.
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The accused would then wait at a distance to confirm about the consumer reaching the spot and picking up the consignment .
In another case,the police arrested a peddler from Chamarajnagar who would modified the backseats of his car to create a secret chamber to store the drugs. He would move visit the consumers directly and deliver the drugs.
Many of the local peddlers are sourcing the drugs from their foreign peddlers from Bengaluru and even other parts of the state.
The investigations are on to track down the source of the drugs, Mr. Sharanappa, said.
City Police Commissioner CH Pratap Reddy, appreciated the CCB operation against drugs and said the police have come across the information that majority of the consumers are students of the reputed colleges and IT BT professionals who are under the scanner.
Apart from busting drug cases the city police are also working on breaking the chain of supply and contain the consumers through various measures,he said.
