Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP)
Kundapur, Aug 14: Udupi DCIB police personnel on definite information arrested a ganja peddler at Kodi and confiscated one kg ganja from him. The suspect is identified as Modi resident Mohammed Abdul Rehman (24).
Police had received information that he was on the way to buy the ganja at the residence of Masood alias Chinnu after 10 pm. The police personnel, who were waiting at Kodi Mulla street fourth cross, saw Mohammed Abdul Rehman approaching with a plastic bag. When he was apprehended, the drug was found in the bag.
Abdul Rehman said that he bought the drug to keep at home and sell it at a higher price the next day. The police confiscated ganja worth Rs 33,000 and a mobile phone from him.
DCIB police inspector Manjappa D R, ASI Ravichandra, Raghavendra, Santhosh Kunder, Ramu Hegde, Shivananda, Suresh, Chandra Shetty, Rajkumar, Dayananda Prabhu, driver Raghavendra and others have taken part in the operation.