Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Feb 7: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday caught a 27-year-old college lecturer when he was allegedly receiving a package containing 16 grams of ecstasy.
Methamphetamine (MDMA), a psychotropic substance is popularly known as ecstasy. The lecturer had concealed the drug in notebooks.
NCB officials made the arrest following a tip-off.
They are yet to reveal the name of the accused.
The package, valued at around Rs 60,000, was dispatched from Mumbai.
The accused is an MTech in civil engineering. He is working as an assistant lecturer at a Bengaluru college.
A senior NCB officer said that the lecturer is part of a drug-peddling network being operated from Mumbai. “He first got addicted and then started peddling drugs. We are now looking out for his contact person in Mumbai," the officer added.