Bengaluru police seize MDMA valued at ₹10.96 crore, arrest six
Bengaluru police have arrested six people, including foreign nationals, and seized 5.480 kg of MDMA valued at ₹10.96 crore in separate operations, Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said. The accused were remanded in judicial custody as investigators continued efforts to identify alleged suppliers.
Bengaluru police have arrested six people, including foreign nationals, and seized MDMA valued at ₹10.96 crore in separate operations, Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said on Tuesday. The operations were conducted by the Girinagar, Hebbal and Vidyaranyapura police. Officers recovered a combined 5.480 kg of MDMA, according to the police account.
The arrested people allegedly procured narcotic substances at lower prices from other States and abroad before selling them at higher prices to the public and college students. The source material did not provide their specific alleged roles beyond that description. In one operation, Girinagar police arrested Jaffer, 35, from Kasaragod in Kerala; Ashiq, 32, from Devarachikkanahalli; and Nigerian national Josiah Abel, 26.
Police seized 4.320 kg of MDMA, estimated at about ₹4.32 crore, from them. Hebbal police arrested Banita Karan, 35, a native of Odisha residing in Tavarekere. Officers seized 1.054 kg of MDMA, valued at about ₹2 crore, in that operation.
Vidyaranyapura police recovered another 106 grams of MDMA in a separate operation. The material placed its value at approximately ₹10.60 lakh. All six accused were produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.
The police have intensified efforts to identify and arrest other people allegedly involved in supplying the drugs. The report did not state whether charges had been formally framed or provide details of the next court hearing.
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