Udupi: Two drug peddlers caught red-handed, 1.2 kg ganja seized
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Aug 1: The DCIB police on Wednesday July 31 seized 1.2 kg of ganja and arrested two persons at Fisheries road in Giliyaru here.
The arrested are Akashbhavan alias Escape Ibrahim (42) and Khader (46) of Padukere.
Acting on reliable information, the DCIB police led by inspector Praveen H Nayak traced them to Varuna Teertha pond near Fisheries road and arrested them.
Police said that the accused used to bring ganja from Shimoga and sell them to buyers in various places.
The police learnt that on Wednesday, Ibrahim and Khader were supposed to meet a buyer at a deserted spot near Varuna Teertha pond. They had parked their two-wheeler at the spot and were waiting for the buyer, when the police arrived and arrested them
Apart from the ganja, the police seized cash and the two-wheeler, all together worth Rs 87,000.
Escape Ibrahim has been previously arrested in theft cases in police stations of Udupi town, Kundapur, Kota and Brahmavar in Udupi district, and Puttur, Beltangady, Bunder, Kankanady, Kadri, Urva and Ullal in Dakshina Kannada, Ankola in Uttara Kannada and various other places, and sentenced in cases lodged at Kankanady, Bunder and Kundapur police stations.
The accused were handed over to Kota police who registered a case.
The operation was carried out under the direction of Udupi SP Dr Boralingaiah, and guided by senior police officer Santosh Kumar. DCIB inspector Praveen H Nayak, ASI Narayana, head constable Udaya Kunder, police constables Ratnakar, Dinesh Shetty, Ashok Kumar, Rajesh, Satish and driver Chandrashekar were part of the team.