Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (RJP)
Mangaluru, Jan 7: A woman and her young daughter who supplied ganja to the inmates of district jail have been arrested in city on Tuesday evening, January 5.
Zubaida (45) and her daughter Misriya (19) from Kasba Bengre are the persons arrested.
As per details, Zubaida and Misriya came to the district jail in city to meet Harris and Althaf who are the inmates. The duo carried some clothes which they said would be given to the inmates they wanted to meet. The jail personnel, who scanned the bag containing the cloths, found ganja in the bag. Ganja was concealed inside a jeans pant.
Barke police came to the spot and arrested both the women and seized ganja worth Rs 3,000. Arrested mother and daughter were produced in court on Wednesday and were released on bail subsequently.
The women during interrogation told the police that a person named Tasthif gave them ganja and told them to smuggle the same into jail.