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Bengaluru: Police in Bengaluru on Tuesday claimed to have seized drugs, cash, and vehicles worth over Rs 6.77 crore and arrested 10 individuals, including a foreign national and nine, in separate operations in Karnataka.
Bengaluru City police Commissioner B Dayanand in a statement said that an operation by the Anti-Narcotics Team resulted in the arrest of a suspect from Kerala who was found in possession of 3.5 kg of hydroponic ganja, Rs 26,06,500 in cash, and a mobile phone. The total value of the seized items is Rs 4.5 crore.
“In a separate operation, a foreign national was arrested, with authorities seizing 1 kg of MDMA crystals, one mobile phone, and a two-wheeler. The total value of the confiscated items is Rs 2 crore,” Commissioner B Dayanand said in the statement.
In another related development, eight individuals from Kerala were arrested in a drug trafficking case. The police confiscated 110 grams of MDMA, 10 mobile phones, one tablet, and two cars. The total value of the items seized was Rs 27 lakh.
Earlier, Bengaluru Police arrested a person in connection with the abduction of a woman and the theft of her gold chain, valued at Rs 1.20 lakh.
The incident took place under the jurisdiction of the Yelahanka Police Station in the capital city of Karnataka.
According to the police, the petitioner, who resides in a women’s PG at Kattiganahalli, filed a complaint at the Yelahanka police station on March 26, 2024.
In her complaint, she stated that on the night of March 26, while returning to her PG after shopping with a friend, an unknown person approached from the opposite direction and forcibly took her gold chain, weighing approximately 15 grams, from her neck. A case of abduction was registered at Yelahanka police station based on her statement.
