Bengaluru, Jul 5 : The Madivala Police have arrested four ganja peddlers and seized 3.3 litres of hash oil, 4 kgs ganja, and a Mahendra XYLO car, all worth Rs 1.8 crore at the Jogi Colony Park here.
In a statement issued here on Monday, Police said the arrested have been identified as Anees alias Mammu (29), from Kerala presently residing in Bettadasanapura, Lokesh alias Venkatesh (35), and Mohankumar alias Agasthya alias Shiva (23), both from Koramangala and Zabi alias Babusaab (24) from Guttadahalli, Bengaluru.
Madivala Police Inspector Sunil Y Naik and his team were investigating an old case at the Jogi Colony Park area on Sunday evening . During the investigations, they chanced upon a car parked near the colony whose occupants were trying to sell ganja and hash oil to the public. The police got into action and raided the area.
At the time of raid, one of the accused escaped from the spot. The police arrested the other four accused and seized 3.3 litres of hash oil and 4 kgs Ganja, and the vehicle used for the crime, all worth Rs 1,85,90,00 from them.
During the interrogation, it was revealed that one of the accused Anees had bought the hash oil and ganja from Vishakapattanam and were selling it to the public at the Jogi Colony park.
A case has been registered in this connection.(UNI)