Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Aug 7: A case under the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act has been booked against two petty shopkeepers caught with over Bhang chocolates worth over Rs 17,000 worth possessed by two petty shopkeepers after lab tests.
A bulk of bhang chocolates seized by the Mangaluru North and South station police from the duo had been sent to the laboratory to test for presence of ganja.
The case was booked under NDPS after the report confirmed traces of Ganja in the chocolates.
It may be recalled that the Mangaluru North Station police inspector and staff had arrested Manohar Shet from Pooja Palace Building, Car Street, for being in possession of 300 packets, each containing 40 bhang chocolates, with a total value of Rs 48,000, along with an additional 592 loose bhang chocolates. The total count of bhang chocolates seized from him amounted to Rs 12,592.
Similarly, on the same day, the Mangaluru South Station police inspector and staff arrested Bechan Sonkar for selling bhang-laced chocolates in a petty shop near Highlands. The confiscated chocolates laced with Bhang were estimated to be worth Rs 5,500.
Following the arrests, the accused were produced in court and subsequently remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.