<p> The Central Crime Branch police have busted a racket involved in smuggling banned substances from India to foreign countries by arresting two persons. <br /><br />Khadar Ghani K, 29 from Roypet in Chennai and Abu Tahir, 39, from Shivaganga district in Tamil Nadu are the arrested.<br /><br />Amphetamine, (a banned substance) said to be worth about Rs 10 lakh, Rs 9,500 in cash, a passport, visa and two cellphones have been seized from the arrested.<br />Police said the two operated from Chennai for the past few months. <br /><br />Free trips<br /><br />They would contact youths offering free visits to Malaysia, Singapore and other countries. The youths would only bear passport and visa costs.</p>.<p> The only condition was that they had to carry baggages which contained banned substances meant for peddling in the destination countries.<br /><br />The youths would return electronic goods in return, police added.Recently, they had contacted S Manjunath, a resident of the City and persuaded him to go to Malaysia on a free trip and also to bring some electronic goods from there. </p>.<p>They also assured him that they would provide him visa, passport and other documents.<br /><br />On a tip-off, police rushed to Bengaluru International Airport and arrested Ghani and Tahir.<br /><br />They were carrying a luggage bag to be given to Manjuanth. Police found packets of amphetamine stuffed in the bag.<br /><br />Tahir had transported the substance in a similar fashion to other countries as many as 10 times, police said.<br /></p>
<p> The Central Crime Branch police have busted a racket involved in smuggling banned substances from India to foreign countries by arresting two persons. <br /><br />Khadar Ghani K, 29 from Roypet in Chennai and Abu Tahir, 39, from Shivaganga district in Tamil Nadu are the arrested.<br /><br />Amphetamine, (a banned substance) said to be worth about Rs 10 lakh, Rs 9,500 in cash, a passport, visa and two cellphones have been seized from the arrested.<br />Police said the two operated from Chennai for the past few months. <br /><br />Free trips<br /><br />They would contact youths offering free visits to Malaysia, Singapore and other countries. The youths would only bear passport and visa costs.</p>.<p> The only condition was that they had to carry baggages which contained banned substances meant for peddling in the destination countries.<br /><br />The youths would return electronic goods in return, police added.Recently, they had contacted S Manjunath, a resident of the City and persuaded him to go to Malaysia on a free trip and also to bring some electronic goods from there. </p>.<p>They also assured him that they would provide him visa, passport and other documents.<br /><br />On a tip-off, police rushed to Bengaluru International Airport and arrested Ghani and Tahir.<br /><br />They were carrying a luggage bag to be given to Manjuanth. Police found packets of amphetamine stuffed in the bag.<br /><br />Tahir had transported the substance in a similar fashion to other countries as many as 10 times, police said.<br /></p>
