<p>Srirampura police Tuesday arrested three drug sellers, including a musician and a delivery boy, and seized 40 kilograms of ganja, an autorickshaw and two bikes.</p>.<p>The arrested were Srirampura resident Karthik alias Kabali (31), Koramangala resident Viki M (30) and Prem Kumar (21) from Kudlu. Two others associated with the gang are at large and police are making efforts to nab them.</p>.<p>Police said they had been tipped off about the three-member gang was carrying drugs from Yeshwantpur on two bikes and an autorickshaw and were going to Ayyappa Swamy temple in Srirampura. They caught the trio around 5 pm Tuesday.</p>.<p>Karthik works in a welding shop and an old offender arrested for drug peddling by Rajajinagar police in 2019. Viki plays music in a Koramangala hotel, while Prem is a delivery boy with an e-commerce firm. Both are arrested for the first time.</p>.<p>An investigating officer said Viki and Prem bought ganja from Karthik as consumers, but they later became his associates. After getting out of prison on bail, Karthik continued the drug trade.</p>.<p>He travelled to Odisha to procure drugs from a peddler. He brought ganja packets by train and the trio divided the consignment among themselves and sold it to sub-peddlers and consumers in Srirampura, Rajajinagar, Subramanyanagar, Seshadripuram and Basaveshwaranagar areas, police said. </p>
<p>Srirampura police Tuesday arrested three drug sellers, including a musician and a delivery boy, and seized 40 kilograms of ganja, an autorickshaw and two bikes.</p>.<p>The arrested were Srirampura resident Karthik alias Kabali (31), Koramangala resident Viki M (30) and Prem Kumar (21) from Kudlu. Two others associated with the gang are at large and police are making efforts to nab them.</p>.<p>Police said they had been tipped off about the three-member gang was carrying drugs from Yeshwantpur on two bikes and an autorickshaw and were going to Ayyappa Swamy temple in Srirampura. They caught the trio around 5 pm Tuesday.</p>.<p>Karthik works in a welding shop and an old offender arrested for drug peddling by Rajajinagar police in 2019. Viki plays music in a Koramangala hotel, while Prem is a delivery boy with an e-commerce firm. Both are arrested for the first time.</p>.<p>An investigating officer said Viki and Prem bought ganja from Karthik as consumers, but they later became his associates. After getting out of prison on bail, Karthik continued the drug trade.</p>.<p>He travelled to Odisha to procure drugs from a peddler. He brought ganja packets by train and the trio divided the consignment among themselves and sold it to sub-peddlers and consumers in Srirampura, Rajajinagar, Subramanyanagar, Seshadripuram and Basaveshwaranagar areas, police said. </p>
