Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Dec 2: Acting on credible information, the city crime branch (CCB) police led by inspector Valentine D'Souza on Tuesday December 2 arrested a ganja peddler near Mahaveer circle.

The accused, identified as Umesh (33), a resident of Jeppinamogaru, was caught red-handed near a hotel close to the Mahaveer circle.

The police recovered 500 grams of ganja and two mobile phones from the accused. The value of the seized items is around Rs 10,000.

During interrogation, it came to light that Umesh has been secretly supplying ganja to undertrials in the jail too.

The accused as well as the seized ganja have been handed over to Mangaluru rural police for further investigation.

The arrest operation was conducted under the direction of police commissioner R Hitendra, and guided by DCP (law and order) Dr K V Jagadeesh and DCP (traffic) Vishnuvardhan.

Antlers seized

In another operation on the same day, the CCB police led by inspector Valentine D'Souza arrested three persons who were attempting to illegally sell antlers.

The accused are Mohammed Waseer (22), a resident of Puttige Padavu, Sampige post, Mangaluru taluk, Firoz Khan (30) from Narasimha block, Bengaluru, and Girish (23), a resident of Chennagiri, Davangere.

They were arrested near Moodbidri bus stand. They were transporting the antlers by a Maruti Omni when the police stopped the car and arrested them.

The operation was conducted based on credible information that the accused had illegally brought the antlers from Ubrani in Davangere and were looking for buyers here.

The police seized four pairs of antlers, Maruti Omni, and four mobile phones from the accused. The total value of the seized items is estimated at Rs 5 lac.

Among the accused, Firoz Khan was accused and later acquitted in an attempted theft case at KG Halli, Bengaluru, seven years ago.

All the three accused have been handed over to Moodbidri police for further investigation.