Bengaluru police seize assets worth Rs 50L of interstate drug peddler


Team Udayavani, Jul 9, 2022, 5:24 PM IST

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Bengaluru police have confiscated movable and immovable property worth Rs 50 lakh of an interstate drug peddler, Joint Commissioner of CCB Raman Gupta said on Saturday.

The accused Mallesh G., a resident of Chamarajanagar had been booked under the NDPS Act.

Mallesh used to procure ganja from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and then sell it to his customers in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka. Police investigations revealed that he had used the proceeds from the sale of ganja to purchase an 8-acre land in 2013 and had also kept Rs 3 lakh in 5 bank accounts in the name of his wife and son.

On June 8, the investigation officer ordered the seizure of his property. The approval was given by concerned authorities, SAFEM (FOP) and NDPSA, Chennai on July 8.

Initially, the case was registered with Konanakunte police station in Bengaluru in 2018. The Commissioner of Police for Bengaluru city had transferred the case to the Narcotics Prevention Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on May 19, 2022.

The investigation was carried out as per NDPS Act. It was found that for 10 to 12 years the accused was into drug peddling and smuggling. The accused was involved in 7 NDPS cases in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts.

 

 

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