Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Sep 27: Personnel of Mangaluru South police station crime detection squad, head police constable Puttaram C H and police constable 2367 Mallik John, while on round duty around 7:45 pm, received reliable information that a group of students from Kerala — identified as Adyath Sreekanth, Muhammed Afrin, Muhammed Smanid and others — had procured banned narcotic substance ganja in commercial quantity and stored it in Flat No G1 of King Court Apartment near Kaprigudde mosque, Attavar, with the intention of selling it to the public.

Based on this information, a case under NDPS Act (Crime No. 206/2025, Sec 8(C), 20(b)(ii) C of NDPS Act 1985) was registered.

Acting swiftly, PSI Sheetal Alagur and team raided the apartment and apprehended the accused, identified as Adyath Sreekanth, Muhammed Afrin, Muhammed Smanid, Nibin T Kurian, Muhammed K K, Muhammed Hanan, Muhammed Shamil, Arun Thomas, Muhammed Nihal C, Muhammed Jaseel V and Sidan P.

All the accused are second-year BBA students of a college in Mangaluru.

During the raid, the police seized around 12 kg 264 grams of ganja (estimated value Rs 2,45,280) packed in 7 packets, along with two digital weighing machines worth Rs 2,000, and other items. In total, property worth Rs 3,52,280 (including Rs 1,05,000 cash) was confiscated from the accused.

The operation was carried out under the guidance of ACP Pratap Singh Thorat, Mangaluru central sub-division, and supervised by inspector Gururaj, PSI Sheetal Alagur and PSI Maruti P of Mangaluru South police station, with the assistance of police station staff.