Seven held, more than 3kg of ganja seized in Vijayapura

Vijayapura/ Madikeri: Against the backdrop of an intensifying crackdown on the drug racket in the state, seven people were arrested in Vijayapura district in two separate incidents on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in sale of ganja.
Sindagi police on Wednesday seized 2.3kg of ganja, in addition to a car and a two-wheeler from a gang of six – Suresh Natikar, Madiwalappa Pareet, Babu Lawate, Sharat, Gagan and S Manoj.“The value of the drugs that we have seized is estimated to be around Rs 25,000. They were arrested along the National Highway-50 in Aheri in Sindagi town. Of the six members of the gang, three had come to Vijayapura from Bengaluru to sell the drug,” said Sindagi police.
In the other incident involving seizure of drugs, Horti police arrested Revansiddha Rathod in Deginal village. Cops seized 750g of ganja from Rathod, and a case has been registered.
Two peddlers arrested by Kodagu cops in B’luru
Nearly three weeks after Kodagu police busted a drug racket, and arrested three individuals for their alleged link to peddling MDMA or ecstasy, two others who had evaded capture on August 28 were nabbed in Bengaluru on Wednesday. A team led by Kodagu district crime information bureau in-charge inspector Chandrashekhar arrested Saara also known as Saara Khan of Tarikere and Faisal, a resident of Banaswadi in Bengaluru.