Drug peddler arrested

NT Correspondent, Bengaluru: City police arrested a 23-year-old alleged drugpeddler, who hired an autorickshaw to move around and supply drugs to his customers in brown packets here.

The accused, Praveen, a resident of Koramangala, was allegedly an addictturned-peddler, who used to purchase drugs from his contacts in Odisha and supply it to his customers in Bengaluru.

The accused would hire an autorickshaw, carry brown paper covers and supply them to his customers in and around the city. The autorickshaw drivers were unaware of his activities and took him around the city, a police officer said.

However, based on a tip-off, from one of his customers, Viveknagar police arrested Praveen and recovered 20.2 kilos of marijuana along with two trolley bags and 52 brown paper covers from him, with a total worth Rs 12 lakh.

The accused has been booked under the NDPS Act, 1985 and taken into custody for further investigation.