Pramesh S Jain
In a series of coordinated operations,the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch officials have arrested 19 persons,including 14 Foreign Nationals,and seized 4.904 kg of Narcotic substances worth Rs.7.7 crore in different raids across the city .
Based on credible information,a team of officials raided a location within Suddaguntepalya Police Station limits and arrested a Nigerian woman and recovered 760 grams of MDMA crystals worth Rs.1.52 crore.
The accused according to the officials did not have any valid travel documents stayed in the city to peddle drugs .
In another operation,the CCB unit raided a residence in B.Narayanapura,Mahadevapura,and detained five local drug peddlers,recovered 600 grams of Hydro Ganja valued at Rs.60 lakh.The police also seize five mobile phones from them to ascertain their network.The accused had rented a house and was peddling drugs on the instructions of an absconding key supplier.
In a similar operation the CCB officials arrested a woman from Kenya,working at a saloon and peddling drugs and recovered 2.044 kgs of MDMA worth Rs.4.08 crore from her .
Investigations revealed that she had come to India on a tourist visa last year and was working as a hairdresser in Kammanahalli while sourcing drugs from two absconding accused from Nigeria and Tanzania.
Another unit of CCB officials also intercepted suspicious international parcels at the Foreign Post Office under K.G.Nagar limits and seized 1.5 kg of Hydro Ganja worth Rs.1.5 crore.
The drugs were concealed inside foreign-brand biscuit and chocolate packets imported from Thailand and France.A case under the NDPS Act has been registered at K.G.Nagar Police Station.
