Bengaluru Police’s Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Thursday arrested three people in two separate cases over charges of peddling drugs in the city.
Police recovered drugs and items worth ₹83 lakh. The CCB arrested two people from the Sanjay Nagar Police Station limits.
According to Raman Gupta, joint commissioner of police (crime), officials seized 12 grams of MDMA crystals, 27 grams of brown sugar and two mobile phones. The haul was worth ₹3 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Sheikh Muddasir, 33, and his Syed Saleem, who is an auto driver.
According to a report by The Times of India, Muddassir has at least eight cases against him, including robbery and dacoity apart from peddling drugs.
The two got hold of narcotic substances from Mumbai and some peddlers from Nigeria and sold brown sugar for ₹8,000 per gram, after they had originally bought for ₹2,000 per gram.
The CCB also arrested an unidentified man from KR Puram Police Station limits for his involvement in drug smuggling, and seized ₹80 lakh worth of prohibited drugs like hashish oil and ganja.
A two-wheeler, a mobile phone and other items were also recovered.
In a separate case, the CCB’s narcotics squad had on Tuesday arrested four Kerala-based drug peddlers in Bagaluru Police Station limits and seized 70 grams of MDMA crystals and 4 iPhones worth ₹11 lakh from them.