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Bengaluru: Police seize 506 kg cannabis worth over Rs 2 crore; five arrested

The Bengaluru South Division police seized 506 kg of ganja worth over Rs 2 crore. Based on a tip-off the raid was conducted.

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Updated Sep 14, 2022, 17:25 IST

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Bengaluru: In a major crackdown against the drug peddlers, the Bengaluru South Division police confiscated 506 kg of cannabis worth over Rs 2 crore. Based on a tip-off the raid was conducted. According to police, a large quantity of the drug had been brought from the Malkangiri region of Odisha for sale in Bengaluru.

The police identified the accused as Navaz Pasha, Noor Mohammed, Mubarak, Imran Pasha including their female accomplice Kiran.

Acting on a tip-off that four to five people, including a woman, were having a large quantity of ganja in their possession at a location near the north gate of Kempambudhi Lake in south Bengaluru, the police conducted a raid in the area, The Indian Express reported.

According to the South Division Police, ganja worth nearly Rs 2 crore and weighing 506 kg has been seized, along with an auto-rickshaw and a two-wheeler used for the sale of the ganja.

According to the police, they initially found 66 kg of ganja valued at Rs 26 lakh in the auto-rickshaw and scooter and later found a larger stash on the basis of information given by the accused.

The Kempegowdanagar police have registered a case under sections 20b and 27a of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

Recently, in July 2022, the Sadashivanagar Police arrested two persons allegedly selling ganja and recovered 2.18 kg of the contraband. The arrested have been identified as Mahapatra from Odisha including Rolak Singh, from Chhattisgarh. The police had also recovered a weighing scale, several 50 grams packets of ganja from the duo.

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