Kasargod : Man arrested for trying to smuggle ganja to Qatar through a passenger

Mangalore Today News Network

Kasargod, Sep 12, 2015 : Police have arrested a resident of Nellikatte Kayarkochi on the  charges of hiding  packets of ganja amid fruits with an intention of smuggling it to Qatar through a passenger who was heading to the Gulf nation.

The arrested person is Abdul Naushad (36). He was arrested on the basis of the complaint filed by  Haneef of Nellikatte Chennadka. On September 9, Naushad on coming to know that Haneef was leaving for Qatar  handed him  a parcel of fruits with a request to  pass it on to a friend in Qatar.

Haneef who agreed, took it home. When he eventually did not find space for the parcel in his baggage, he decided to open it and keep it separately in his baggage. Amid the fruits he found an old pair of shorts and found ganja packets in the pockets of the shorts.

Realising that Naushad had planned to cheat him, Haneef approached the police who arrested Naushad. It is learnt, during interrogation he revealed that the ganja packets were  for one of his friends who is in Qatar.