Shadow police nab ganja smuggler; 11.5kg drug seized

Ganja bought from Tamil Nadu

Police officials weigh ganja seized from the city on Sunday.

The city police, on Sunday, seized 11.5 kilogram of ganja and arrested a 35-year-old man hailing from Virajpet.  P.M. Basheer, the accused in the case, was nabbed from the KSRTC bus stand complex by a shadow police team led by Nadakkavu Station House Officer G. Gopakumar.

Police sources said they tracked the man following a tip off received by City Police Commissioner P.A. Valsan. Basheer was a wholesale smuggler in the area who used to supply ganja to local peddlers after buying it from Tamil Nadu, the police said.

First time

This was the first time that one of the bulk traders flourishing in the illegal business was netted from the city.

According to senior police officers, Basheer used to supply ganja to local peddlers who target college students and schoolchildren.