Mangaluru: The Ullal police, on Sunday, September 1, arrested seven engineering students on the charge possessing ganja and selling it near medical and other colleges in the city. The police seized ganja weighing 1.103 kgs, estimated to be worth Rs 41,000, a motorcycle, six mobile phones and Rs 460 in cash from their possession.
Surprisingly, all the arrested are from the neighbouring state of Kerala. They are identified as Mohammed Sinan P (21) from Kokkallur, Kozhikode, Hafeez Ameen from Kundaliyur, Thrissur, Zuhair K P (21) from Nellunni Mattannur, Kannur, Adarsh (20) from Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Mohammed Nihal R K (20) from Chungam Tamarassery, Kozhikode, Bishrul Hafi (20) from Mattancherry, Kozhikode and Zakir Ali (22) from Narikkuni, Kozhikode.
Sources within the police department informed that the miscreants were arrested from Chembugudde in the Permannur village, when they were attempting to sell ganja.
Police from the Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station, under the Police Commissionerate, have begun creating awareness in schools against drug abuse.
A case has been registered against the seven in the Ullal police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
