Inter-college ganja supply chain busted; five students arrested

Tambaram city police have busted an inter-college ganja supply network, operating from Sholinganallur OMR to Chengalpattu, by arresting five students from different colleges, who turned peddlers from consumers over a period of time, effectively using digital wallets and messaging platforms.

The accused were arrested for smuggling ganja from Andhra Pradesh and selling them in small sachets to students of colleges, located across southern suburbs up to Chengalpattu.

Police said the accused often exchange their consignments from one person to the other at the top of the bridges to avoid being monitored by the cops and the common public.

The arrested were identified as Bhavan Kumar Reddy, 20, of Kuntur, Jitendranatha Reddy, 21 (both fourth-year B.Tech students in Selaiyur), K Vishal, 19, studying BCA at a college in Vandalur, Abdul Altaf Rahman, 21, studying third-year B.Com in Sholinganallur, and S Bharath, 19, studying second-year BE mechanical engineering in West Tambaram.

Based on a specific tip, the police team tracked the chain of the network by nabbing the ganja consumers and then apprehended the students involved in the peddling as a part-time job using digital wallets to earn huge profits.

Police said Bhavan Kumar Reddy and Jithendranatha Reddy brought ganja from their native town in AP to Chennai and handed it over to local peddlers who would deliver the consignment to narco-addicted students.

Police noted they purchased the first quality consignment after paying around Rs 15,000 per kg and sold them to the next level of peddlers at around Rs 25,000 to Rs 35,000 per kg. Each sachet containing 10 grams was sold at a cost of Rs 500 by the suspects.

Police seized 2.1 kg of ganja and two motorbikes used to deliver it to consumers.