African national arrested for allegedly supplying drugs to rave parties

Bengaluru: An African national was arrested by the Bengaluru police for allegedly supplied drugs to rave parties in the city.

The arrested is identified as Benald Udenna.

“He (Udenna) is an important peddler who supplied drugs to these (rave) parties,” said Sandeep Patil Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru City Police.

He has been taken into police custody. The CCB has registered two cases in connection with a drug racket involving the film industry at the Cottonpet police station. The CCB has already arrested actresses Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani along with seven others while it is on the lookout for at least seven more.

On Tuesday, the police raided the lavish resort-bungalow of Aditya Alva, son of former Karnataka Minister late Jeevaraj Alva, in connection with the cases. Alva, who is absconding, allegedly used to host rave parties in his sprawling bungalow spread over four acres overseeing the majestic and scenic Hebbal lake of Bengaluru, police sources said.

The CCB took up the investigation after the Narcotics Control Bureau recently arrested three people, including a woman, with a huge cache of synthetic drugs.