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Bengaluru crime: Nigerian national held for allegedly peddling drugs

The cops have recovered 250 grams of MDMA crystals from the accused and seized the narcotic substance.

Published on: Dec 23, 2022, 20:48:20 IST
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The crime branch officials of Bengaluru police arrested a Nigerian national on Friday for allegedly peddling drugs in Electronic City area. The cops have recovered 250 grams of MDMA crystals from the accused and seized the narcotic substance.

Bengaluru crime: Nigerian national held for allegedly peddling drugs
Bengaluru crime: Nigerian national held for allegedly peddling drugs

A post in the official Twitter handle of City Crime Branch read, “The CCB team arrested a Nigerian national in Electronic City PS limits on drug peddling charges, and seized 250gms of MDMA crystals, a mobile, a pocket electronic weighing machine, and etc, worth 25 lakhs.”

Earlier this month, A total of 27 people were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Bengaluru for allegedly running a drug racket through various messaging platforms. The 27 people include both peddlers and even users of the banned narcotics substances.

The majority of the arrested are students and techies in Bengaluru between the age groups of 20-25. Few artists and an Iranian national were also in the list of arrested by NCB in this operation. The operation had begun in October and it revealed that many users turned into peddlers after seeing the demand and money in the illegal trade

 
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Pathi Venkata Thadhagath

Pathi Thadhagath is a multimedia journalist with Hindustan Times, Bengaluru. He tracks and writes news of Karnataka state.

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