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Bengaluru constabulary apprehension 3 men, including an African national, for cause peddling. (Representational Photo)
The Bengaluru constabulary arrested 3 men, including an African national, successful abstracted cases for peddling drugs worthy a combined Rs 86.5 lakh, officials said connected Tuesday.
In the largest seizure, officers from the Central Crime Branch (CCB) apprehended Kovsi Gelan Gesan, 38, from Ivory Coast successful West Africa, adjacent Soladevanahalli, connected November 22. The constabulary recovered 515 grams of MDMA crystals, on with an physics weighing instrumentality and a mobile phone, collectively valued astatine Rs 77 lakh.
Investigations revealed that Gesan entered India connected a concern visa successful 2017 and had overstayed. He allegedly procured narcotics astatine little rates from section suppliers and sold MDMA crystals for ₹12,000 to ₹15,000 per gram, targeting assemblage students and firm employees. Gesan has been remanded successful judicial custody.
In a abstracted case, Marathahalli constabulary arrested Bijoy Kujur, 24, a autochthonal of West Bengal, connected November 1 and recovered ₹7.50 lakh-worth ganja worthy astir from a labour shed adjacent an flat successful Kariyammana Agrahara.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Kujur smuggled the ganja from Assam and stored it successful Bengaluru for distribution.
In the 3rd incident, Sampigehalli constabulary arrested Abdul Bashir, a nonmigratory of Bellandur, and seized 4 kg of ganja valued astatine ₹2 lakh. The constabulary discovered that Bashir sourced the contraband from West Bengal astatine a little terms and sold it to section customers successful Bengaluru.
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