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.
(Published 01 December 2020, 19:38 IST)
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