B’luru: Police officials bust home delivery of drugs racket; Two arrested, contraband worth Rs 2 crore seized

Team Udayavani, Sep 3, 2021, 4:22 PM IST

Bengaluru: Police officials have arrested two drug peddlers who were engaged in doorstep deliveries of drugs to customers in Bengaluru and seized Rs 2 crore worth of narcotics.

The arrested have been identified as Vikas and Shivam, residents of Pattanduru in the Whitefield area.

The accused revealed that a man named Akshay Pande of Delhi buys the contraband from the dark web from international peddlers by paying in bitcoins. He hired the accused on a monthly salary basis in Bengaluru to sell the contraband to employees in tech companies.

Akshay Pande is suspected to be the kingpin of the drug cartel. The drugs were transported in trains and parcels reached the homes of the duo from the railway station. They then ensured home delivery of the drugs to their customers.

The police have seized 150 grams of MDMA, ecstasy tablets, 400 grams of charas, 3 kg of hashish oil, 30 kg of ganja, and 50 kg of hydro ganja from the accused.