3 ganja peddlers from Odisha held in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly storing ganja in an under-construction room and supplying it to several peddlers in the city.

The accused are Samarakara, 22,

Ramesh Khemundi

, 25, and

Mangul Sisa

, 20, all from

Koraput

in Odisha.

Ganja weighing 290kg and worth Rs 1.4 crore has been seized from them. Police said the trio used to smuggle the drug from Naxalite-affected areas in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. They found an under-construction room near Nagawara to store it.

Police received information about a gang using the room and rushed to the spot on Thursday. They seized 290kg of ganja before arresting the three men.