NewsKarnataka – Mangalore
Mangalore: A man peddling ganja to local college students was caught red handed and arrested by a CCB (City Crime Branch) team led by Valentine D’Souza on Saturday June 14. The accused has been identified as 30-year-old Imtiaz Ahmed, a resident of Valachilpadavu in Farangipet.
Acting on a tip-off the CCB police, that two persons would be coming by bike to sell ganja near the bus stop opposite a college. The CCB police along with tahsildar T G Guruprasad raided the spot and arrested Imtiaz. His partner in crime managed to escape.
The CCB police seized 1.5 kg of ganja from the accused, along with a bike, Rs 3,440, money made from peddling ganja and two mobile phones. The total value of the seized items, including the ganja, is Rs 95,000.
During interrogation, Imtiaz informed that the ganja was sold for Rs 100 per packet to students and other people, according to him his accomplice used to bring ganja from some other place and then sell it here. The police also warned that strict action will be taken against anyone who is caught either consuming, buying, or selling ganja near educational institutions or other places.
The arrest operation was conducted on the direction of city police commissioner R Hitendra, under the guidance of DCP (law and order) Dr K V Jagadish and DCP (crime) Vishnuwardhan, and led by CCB Valentine D’Souza. PSI Shyamsunder and police personnel Shashidhar Shetty, Ganesh M P, Ganesh Kalladka, Venugopal Ammai, Chandrashekar, Dinesh Bekal, Rajendra Prasad, Abdul Jabbar, Sudhir Shetty, Mani M N and driver Tejakumar were part of the operation.
