Sale of ganja; police arrest 8 students

Mangaluru: Eight Kerala based students have been arrested by the City Crime Branch (CCB) and narcotic crime police on the accusation of selling ganja. The police have also seized marijuana in their possession.

The arrested youth are identified as Akshay K Prasad (22) from Kottarakere, Jafer (22), Nimil (21), Amith Shrivatsan (21), Ashwin (21) and Akshay (22) from Kannur, Mohammed Amir(22) from Kozikode, and Akash S Nair(23) from Pattanathittam.

The arrest was made based on a definite lead which informed the police that the accused were involved in selling ganja near Morgans Gate.

500 grams of ganja, eight mobile phones, Rs 4,050 in cash and 2 two-wheelers have also been seized by the police.

Apparently, some of the students who were arrested had allegedly bought ganja from Kerala and were selling it to students and the public. Seven of the eight arrested are students of two engineering and one physiotherapy college in the city, it is learnt.

CCB inspector Shantharam, economic and narcotic crime inspector Ramakrishna, CCB PSI Kabbal Raj and staff took part in the operation.