CCB drive against drugs: 10 including eight foreign nationals arrested

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) carried out several operations in the city and arrested 10 people including eight foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug peddling here.

The police claimed to have seized narcotics worth Rs 5 crore during the operation. According to sources from the CCB, six accused hailed from Nigeria while two were from Senegal and Ivory Coast in West Africa.

Two others were from Karnataka, they added. A special drive was on for the last 15 days during which the Anti-Narcotics Wing carried out raids at different locations in Bengaluru including Soladevanahalli, KR Puram, HSR Layout, Banaswadi, Whitefield and Parappana Agrahara Police Station limits.

Following the raids, the police unearthed drugs including 3,806 kilograms of MDMA Crystal, 50 grams Cocaine, 25 Ecstasy pills, 50 LSD strips, 5.1 kilograms of Ganja, one car, three bikes and nine mobile phones from the possession of the accused persons.

With an aim of making quick money, the accused persons used to buy these banned substances at cheaper prices and would sell them to students, techies and their prospective customers at higher rates.

Cases have been registered against the accused persons at Kadugodi, KR Pura, Soladevanahalli, HSR Layout, Whitefield, Banaswadi and Parappana Agrahara police station. Further investigation is on, the police said.