Overview

• CCB Narcotics Wing received a credible informant tip on September 25 and raided a Devanahalli apartment, detaining three foreigners.
• Officials have registered cases under the Foreigners Act at the CCB Police Station and opened an investigation into their activities in the city.
• During questioning, the detainees said they entered India in 2024 by boat from Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu without passports or visas.
• Police have not disclosed the identities of the three, who reportedly found shelter in Devanahalli with help from another foreign national.
• In a separate action, the South West District Operations Cell detained two Bangladeshi overstayers in Delhi and initiated deportation via the FRRO; the men were identified as Md. Abdulaziz Mian, 46, and Md. Rafiqul Islam, 29.