Mysuru: Mysuru police have formed a special team to check drug-peddling activity in the district after Keralam police arrested alleged drug peddler Dhanesh , a Keralam native living in Nanjangud, Sunday.
Superintendent of police Mallikarjun Baladandi said Keralam police picked up Dhanesh Sunday (Nov 8) on drug-peddling charges.
“Soon after, we searched his rented house and banana plantation which he cultivated on six acres of leased land in Nanjangud, but we didn’t find any clue about the illegal activity being done in Mysuru.” Dhanesh allegedly operated from Mysuru by concealing drugs among banana bunches and transporting them to Keralam. He is believed to have played a major role in the supply chain, particularly in moving MDMA from Bengaluru to Keralam. Karnataka police, however, denied finding any trace or evidence of illegal drug-peddling activity in Mysuru.
How the trail led to Dhanesh Dhanesh, 31, aka Danny aka Dani Bhai, is originally from Alappuzha district in Keralam. Inquiries revealed their connection to Dhanesh, who lived in Nanjangud. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Mysuru | Silver Rate in Mysuru | Bank Holidays in Mysuru | Public Holidays in Mysuru Stay updated with the latest Mysuru news.
Dhanesh had lived in Nanjangud with his wife and children for six months and cultivated bananas on leased land, according to the SP. “The footage of drug (MDMA) packets that were concealed among banana bunches and were being removed, which has gone viral, hasn’t anything to do with Mysuru,” Baladandi claimed. Responding to a query, Baladandi said Mysuru police would take Dhanesh into custody to investigate the charges and initiate legal action if they found he had done anything wrong. Police said he had leased four-and-a-half acres in Kurihundi village, where he cultivated bananas.
“However, we have intensified the search after this disclosure. He lived with his wife and two children in a house in Nanjangud’s Devirammanahalli locality. A team led by Aluva subdivision police officers recently raided Angamaly in Keralam’s Ernakulam district and detained two youths allegedly possessing MDMA. The team later arrested him based on credible intelligence. Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Dhanesh is accused of playing a major role in the MDMA supply chain and coordinating a distribution network through social media. Sources claimed videos showing drugs being secretly transported among banana bunches were recovered from phones used by the arrested persons. Mysuru MP speaks “The recent bust of an interstate narcotics racket operating under the guise of a banana plantation in Nanjangud, uncovered not by local police, but by the Keralam police, is a staggering failure of Karnataka’s ground intelligence. In recent years, Maharashtra police and central investigative agencies have had to step into Mysuru to neutralize organized drug syndicates. Despite repeated assurances of heightened surveillance and intensified crackdowns, the state police and local intelligence were caught completely unaware once again,” he wrote on X. Download the TOI App.