Central Crime Branch officials arrested another accused, Prashanth Ranka, on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the drug racket linked to the Kannada film industry.
Ranka is among the 12 accused booked by CCB for peddling drugs.
The CCB, meanwhile, is questioning all the five accused in case, including actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani, to dig out more information about the racket after obtaining details from their mobile phones’ data.
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The CCB subjected all the accused to medical tests to ascertain addiction. On the other hand, ED officials visited the CCB to probe the financial dealings in the case.
Further, the Central Division busted a drug racket and arrested four persons who were allegedly peddling marijuana across the State.
The police said at a press conference here on Thursday that 1,350 kg of marijuana stored in a secret chamber in a sheep farm in Kalaburagi had been seized. The accused would source the drugs from Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on the pretext of getting fodder for the sheep.
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