Bengaluru Police Seize 3.2 Kg of MDMA, Arrest Two in New Year Drug Probe
Investigators say the stash was buried in a cremation ground to evade detection.
Overview
- City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh confirmed the seizure valued at about ₹3.5 crore along with a scooter and mobile phones.
- The accused were identified as Tariq Iqbal, 33, a business analyst, and Mohammed Arbaz, 29, a Kadugodi resident.
- Acting on a December 31 tip-off, officers laid a trap at the Hosur Road burial ground and recovered 2.48 kg of MDMA buried next to a tomb.
- A second arrest on January 4 in Baiyappanahalli led to a search of a residence in Kadugodi, where police seized an additional 720 grams.
- Police allege the drugs were sourced from a Nigerian national for sale to New Year partygoers, and both suspects have been booked under the NDPS Act as the probe expands to identify other network members.