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 methamphetamine (MDMA), a psychotropic substance popularly known as ecstasy, concealed in notebooks.
NCB officials made the arrest following a tip-off. They have not identified the suspect. The package had been dispatched from Mumbai. The seized drug is valued at Rs 60,000.
The suspect, an MTech in civil engineering, is an assistant lecturer at a Bengaluru college. A senior NCB officer believes the lecturer is part of a drug-peddling network operating out of Mumbai. He first got addicted and then started peddling drugs. "We are now looking out for his contact person in Mumbai," the officer added.
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