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Eight held for using two apartments wherewere abused, soldEight students, from engineering, law and management streams at a reputed private college have been arrested by the police after they were foundat two separate flats in an upscalein the outskirts of the city on the Bengaluru-Anekal Road. Two of the eight had taken two apartments on rent and were using them as dens to get students to smoke there and to sell drugs.On credible information from a source, a team of policemen raided both the flats and arrested them, and an SUV parked in the basement was also seized.The owners of the flats have also been booked for allowing illegal activities in their flats. A search is on for the accused who were supplying ganja. Cases have been registered against a total of 11 accused under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985.The search and arrests were made between 8 pm on Monday, September 2, till 2 am in the wee hours of Tuesday from the residential apartment complex. The jurisdictional police, while on patrolling duty, were tipped off about the sale of ganja to students in flat number 708 located in the 7th block of the apartment complex. The police were also informed that students were given space in the same flat to smoke up. The police then informed their superiors about the tip off and obtained permission to search the premises. The police team headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) went to the said flat and forcibly gained entry inside.“We found four students in the flat, of which, three were smoking ganja. The students are from Haryana, Jharkhand and Kerala. We recovered nearly 350 grams of ganja from the flat.The student who was not smoking is alleged to have been supplying drugs to the other students after purchasing it from a drug peddler identified as Tony from Whitefield. The student claimed that Tony would come to Chandapura Circle and hand over the drugs to him,” said an officer who is investigating the case.The student further claimed that he was selling drugs to make fast and easy money. All his clients were students, of whom some would smoke in the flat, while the others were just buyers.“When the police were carrying out the search operation, a few residents informed them that similar activities were going on in flat number 404 located in the 16th block. The officials summoned more policemen to the spot. Around 10.45 pm, the officials searched flat number 404 and found two students inside and recovered around 200 grams of ganja from them.These two students also confessed that their supplier was Tony. Then the police were informed that a few more students were smoking ganja in a Tamil Nadu registered SUV, parked in the basement of block number 16. When they went down to inspect the vehicle, they found two students smoking ganja in the SUV. One student was from Tamil Nadu and another was from Odisha. The police recovered 300 grams of ganja from these two students,” the officer said.Along with the eight students, cases have been registered against Tony and the owners of the two flats. The police have recovered nearly 850 grams of ganja and have also seized the SUV. All the students and the two owners are booked under theThe Anekal police ofrural district have registered a case and further investigations are on.