In a major crackdown on narcotics trafficking, the Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested six individuals involved in two drug peddling rackets transporting drugs from Mumbai to Mangaluru. Authorities seized narcotics worth over Rs 24 lakh.
According to Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H, acting on a tip-off on September 21, CCB officials raided Malli Layout in Gandhinagar, Kavoor, and intercepted two youths on a scooter who tried to flee. They were identified as Chirag Sanil and Alwyn Clinton D’Souza, residents of Kavoor. Police recovered 111.83 grams of MDMA worth Rs 22.3 lakh from them.
Investigations revealed that Chirag obtained the drugs from an African national named Benjamin in Mumbai, with funding from Abdul Kareem E, a native of Kerala. Abdul Kareem was later arrested near Mangaluru Central Railway Station.
Further interrogation revealed that the duo had already sold cocaine to three others. CCB officials tracked and arrested Janan alias Janan Jagannath, Rajesh Bangera, and Varun Gaaniga near the Central Warehouse in Mannagudde, seizing 21.03 grams of cocaine worth Rs 1.9 lakh.
All six accused were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody. Investigations are ongoing to identify the larger drug supply network linked to these cases.
