Six held in Tumakuru for supplying ganja, hydroponic cannabis to students
The Tumakuru police have arrested six persons, including two students, for allegedly supplying ganja and hydroponic cannabis to college students and the general public in
The Tumakuru police have arrested six persons, including two students, for allegedly supplying ganja and hydroponic cannabis to college students and the general public in the city, and have seized narcotics and a luxury car worth a total of ₹44.3 lakh. The Tilak Park police have registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, based on credible information that the accused were attempting to sell ganja from a white car near Sheshadripuram College in Tumakuru on July 10.
Acting on the information, a special team constituted under the supervision of Tumakuru Superintendent of Police Ashok K.V. conducted an operation and arrested all six accused on July 11. Senior officers and personnel from the Tilak Park Police Station led the team. The arrested have been identified as: Satish C., 37, a milkman; Pramod Kumar, 28, owner of a packing material shop, Tumakuru; Dishanth R., 21, a BCA student from Tumakuru; Darshan, 28, salesman at a showroom, Tumakuru; Amogha Nagabhushan, 31, a diploma student from Tumakuru; and Manjunath, 35, a resident of Bengaluru.
During the operation, the police seized 1.655 kg of ganja valued at around ₹2 lakh, 23 grams of hydroponic cannabis worth approximately ₹2.3 lakh, and a car valued at ₹40 lakh. The total value of the seized items is
estimated at ₹44.3 lakh. The police suspect the accused were supplying narcotic substances to college students and other consumers in Tumakuru. Further investigation is under way to trace the source of the drugs and identify other members of the network.
The BriefWire