Maldivian and Nigerian held in Bengaluru with 478 g cannabis
Police in Bengaluru arrested 35-year-old Maldivian Anil Ahmed and a Nigerian national at a house in CMR Layout, Chellikere, seizing 48 g of hashish oil and 430 g of marijuana alongside methamphetamine and LSD. Both suspects remained in judicial custody, with officials linking Ahmed to a November 2016 hashish-oil smuggling case at Kempegowda airport.
A Maldives man was arrested in India for alleged involvement in drug peddling.[1]The suspect was identified as 35-year-old Anil Ahmed, who was arrested
together with a Nigerian national.[1]The arrests took place at a house in CMR
Layout in Chellikete, Bengaluru, according to Indian media reports cited in the
account.[1]
Officials seized48 grams of hashish oil, 430 grams of marijuana, three grams of
methamphetamine and five blots of LSD from the two suspects.[1]The cannabis
component recorded here is the 48 grams of hashish oil and 430 grams of
marijuana, together 478 grams.[1]The three grams of methamphetamine and five
blots of LSD are mentioned only to explain the same mixed seizure and are
excluded from cannabis figures.[1]
Police alleged the two were selling drugs to local distributors.[1]Indian
officials said Ahmed had also been involved in smuggling hashish oil through
Kempegowda International Airport in November 2016 and had been absconding since
then.[1]Both suspects remained in judicial custody.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
478 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (478 g); Herbal cannabis
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Airport, Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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The article gives no separate date for the arrests; 29 March 2017 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching; no agency statement or second outlet account could be opened.
The full name and nationality details of the Nigerian co-suspect were not published.
No charges, trial or sentencing outcome beyond judicial custody were reported.
The details of the alleged November 2016 Kempegowda airport hashish-oil smuggling, apart from Ahmed absconding since then, were not published.
The locality is spelled Chellikete in the article; it is treated as Chellikere, Bengaluru.
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