Mangaluru: Panambur ACP team and Kavoor police personnel jointly arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly transporting ganja and seized narcotic substances and other material worth around Rs 1.56 lakh.
Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said that the arrested person is Irshad alias Irsha, resident of Hilary Nagar, Mukkacheri, Ullal. He was arrested near Maryhill Helipad premises under the jurisdiction of Kavoor Police Station while allegedly transporting ganja for sale along a public road towards Maryhill.
The police seized about 3 kg and 138 grams of ganja. A mobile phone, scooter and other items suspected to have been used in the crime were also confiscated.
A case has been registered at Kavoor Police Station under Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act.
The commissioner said that the arrested was earlier involved in multiple criminal cases, including an attempt to murder and Arms Act case registered at Ullal Police Station in 2019, and an NDPS case registered in 2024 at Mangaluru CSP police station.
