Trio arrested for growing ganja in pot

Team Udayavani, Dec 14, 2019, 1:01 PM IST

Bengaluru: Three people were arrested by the sleuths of the anti-narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for growing ganja in a pot in the toilet of their flat.

The arrested are Amartya Rishi (23), who hails from Patna, Aditya Kumar (21), a resident of Dwarakanagar near Hosakerehalli in Banashankari and Mangal Mukya (30), a resident of Bihar’s Darbhanga district.

The trio was importing narcotics from the Netherlands.

As per sources, the accused used a dark website to contact a narcotics supplier in the Netherlands. One of the arrested Amartya was growing ganja in small pots hidden in the toilet, as there was no sunlight there, he used LED lights.

The CCB officers during the raid seized 225 LSD strips, 2 kg of ganja, Rs 10,200, and a computer belonging to the accused. It is estimated that the value of seized narcotics is about Rs 20 lakh.