Karnataka: Surgeon, Medical Officer among 10 arrested for consuming, peddling ganja
Mangaluru: The city police have arrested ten people, including an overseas citizen of Indian origin, a surgeon, a medical officer, MBBS and dental students on the charges of alleged consumption and peddling of ganja.
Of them, two are doctors, seven medical/dental students from three professional colleges in the city, hailing from various States, and four of them women, they said.
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According to the police, they arrested Neel (38), an overseas citizen of Indian origin, last week in connection with the alleged ganja-peddling in his flat.
The person is said to have been residing in Mangaluru for the last 15 years and was a fourth-year student of a dental college in the city, they said adding that questioning Neel revealed details on other medical, dental college students and doctors involved in peddling and consumption of ganja, leading to their arrest.
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