Two held for drug peddling

Srirampura Police have apprehended two people for allegedly selling ganja. One of the accused was reportedly out on bail. Police have said that he is a habitual offender against whom multiple cases had been filed at Srirampura and Nandini Layout Police Stations.

It is said that the police received information on Friday that two people were transporting ganja on a two-wheeler. They were reportedly moving from Majestic, via Krishna Flour Mills signal, towards Sanjay Gandhi Nagar where they had planned on selling the narcotic substance. A team of policemen, led by Srirampura Sub Inspector S Anjaneya, conducted a raid and took the accused into custody.

The police have reportedly seized 22 kg of ganja and a two-wheeler from the accused. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had procured the substance from a person in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. They reportedly transported the ganja as luggage on a private bus to Bengaluru to sell it for a higher price.

One of the accused has been booked four times since 2017 by Srirampura Police for selling ganja and also has a case against him in Nandini Layout Police Station filed in 2019. According to the police, he was arrested in 2021 by Srirampura Police in an attempt-to-murder case and was out on bail.