Mangaluru Doctor arrested for drug peddling
Doctor Arrested
Mangaluru: A doctor with a history of drug-related cases being registered at different police stations have been arrested in a new drug peddling case. He has been accused of sourcing drugs from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and distributing them in the city.
This case marks the ninth arrest in an ongoing investigation into a local narcotics supply network. According to the police, the doctor identified as Prajwal Peenyas is a native of Mangalapet in Bidar district and currently resides in Kodipalya, Kengeri, Bengaluru.
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City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy told PTI that Prajwal was previously a medical student at a private college in Mangaluru and had three drug-related cases registered at different police stations in the city.
During the investigation of this case, Peenyas played a key role in sourcing drugs from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and distributing them in the city. The investigation in this regard began with interrogations of local drug users, which led police to a network of nine individuals allegedly supplying drugs in Mangaluru. All have been arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
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