Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Sep 7: State home minister, Basavaraj Bommai, has warned of invoking the provisions of the Goonda Act against repeated offenders of drug abuse. He said that the officials have been instructed suitably.
He explained that if only the drugs cartel in Bengaluru is targeted, the parties will get shifted to the city outskirts and other districts. Therefore, the minister stated, that all the superintendents of police have been directed to take stern steps against any kind of drug abuse. He said that the police in border area districts of the state have also been directed to step up vigilance.
The minister also revealed, that a drug peddler, Loum Pepper Samba, who is an African national, has been arrested for supplying intoxicating substances to many people. He also stressed that strict steps will be taken without fail against those against whom first information reports are filed.