Udupi, Jul 18: Drug menace is a biggest threat to the youngsters. While a popular belief is that the invisible hands of drug traffickers is functioning in the cities, an incident of four men being nabbed by police in a small village like Padubidri in Udupi district has brought to light as to how drug menace has spread its tentacles.
Shishir Suvarna (20), Zainuddin (39) from Kasba-Bengre, Mangalore, Haneef alias Rajesh (19) from Kanchinadka, and Mohomad Ashfaq (20) from Palimar have been arrested by Padubidri police with 460 gms of Ganja, from Padubidri on Wednesday.
The group has been functioning from a bar and restaurant in 'Kelaginapete' area and on reliable information, the police nabbed Shishir Suvarna. On the basis of information gathered from him, three of his aides were nabbed later.
Four mobile phones and 30 empty sachets too have been confiscated from them.
While Shishir is employed in the same hotel from where he was nabbed, Haneef and Ashfaq work as building painters. Zainuddin, the oldest in the group is a worker at the Mangalore Wharf but had been distributing Ganja on demand to several small areas like Padubidri. There are several cases booked against Zainuddin. He lives in a small house with his wife and four kids, in Mangalore amidst acute poverty.
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