Drug rackets are being busted day by day in Bengaluru. Recently, the cops of Bengaluru seized 1 ton, 350 kg and 300 grams of marijuana stored underground at a goat farm in Kalaburagi district. After arresting an auto-rickshaw driver, who used to sell drugs to college students, the Seshadripuram police followed the path of proof and discovered huge amounts of marijuana that was stored underground in the farm. The police have detained four persons in relation to the case. Seshadripuram Police said that 'huge amounts of marijuana was being brought from Odisha to Karnataka in vegetable trucks and the accused were involved in distributing them across the state and even in Maharashtra. '

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The four involved include Jnanashekhar, the 37-year-old autorickshaw driver from Bengaluru; Siddunath Lavate, a 22-year-old from Vijayapura’s Sindagi and owner of a 30-acre plot, who bought the marijuana from two other suppliers and transported it to Bengaluru and Mumbai; Naganath, a 39-year-old resident of Aurad in Bidar, who owned a clothing shop that went down during the lockdown. Police say that he turned to deal drugs to Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to earn a living over the last five months; and Chandrakanth a 34-year-old resident of Kalaji in Kalaburagi district, who is the heir of the goat farm, where the marijuana was stored. 

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Further inquiry unveiled that these huge purchases were either coming from Bidar or Kalaburagi. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Anuchet and the Seshadripuram police accosted Inspector General of Police (Western Range), Soumendra Mukherjee. Based on the information, on September 8, the police ambushed a shipment of 150 kilograms of marijuana along NH 50 between Bidar and Kalaburagi. Two men, Naganath and Chandrakanth were detained while they were transporting the shipment near the NH 50 toll gate. 

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