3 held while trying to sell drugs among students; ganja worth Rs 10 lakah seized

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Three persons have been arrested by the by the sleuths of city crime branch (CCB) of Mangaluru city police on charges of possessing ganja. The police have also recovered a motorbike and three cellphones from the accused.

The arrested are Ramiz Raja of Naringana, Mohammaed Haneef of Natekal and Iqbal Harris of Belma. A CCB team headed by inspector Sunil Naik picked them from a lodge and recovered 10kg ganja from them. They were making plans to sell it clandestinely to students, police said.

T R Suresh, commissioner of Mangaluru City Police, said the accused had ferried ganja into city from Chittoor for sale to customers especially students. "They were in the process of making smaller packets of ganja for easy sale among potential buyers," he said. Value of the drug and other property seized is Rs 3 lakh.

Among the accused, Ramiz is wanted in a case of vandalism at a hotel in Toudugoli Cross under Konaje PS in 2016 as well an earlier offence of selling ganja. He was out on bail in this second offence.

Suresh said police have credible information about the persons who intended to buy ganja from the accused and suitable action will also be initiated against them. A case has been registered at Mangaluru North police station.