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The owner of a travel agency has been arrested for smuggling marijuana into the city. Sixty kilograms of marijuana worth Rs 30 lakh was seized from him, police said.
R Pradeep Kumar, who runs Bangalore Transport Solution, a travel agency with 25 cabs, was allegedly caught red-handed taking delivery of the contraband near a building site on NM Road on Sunday.
Police said they investigations found that Kumar had been procuring the drugs from one Saleem, a resident of Kolar.
Mirza Ali Raza, the inspector of the SJ Park police, which made the arrest, said that they were looking out for Saleem, who was absconding.
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