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Parent realised that his kid was hooked, told police which led to big bust, arrestsAn alert parent’s tip off to the Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths that his child, studying in one of the city’s convent schools, might be consuming chocolates and candy laced with drugs, has helped CCB bust andrug racket and arrest two drug peddlers.The accused were procuring a special type of marijuana (hydro ganja), ‘chocolate ganga’, ‘hashish oil’ and ‘weed-flavoured cigarettes’ worth over Rs one crore from Canada. The gang would use the(sites that host illegal listings that are not indexed by search) to approach the drug seller. They were in touch with him on Wickr Me mobile app. The peddler fromwould courier the drugs concealing them in children’s milk powder tins and chocolate packets. Both the arrested peddlers are from Kolkata.The arrested have been identified as Atif Salim, 25, and Rohith Das, 26. Salim, a BCA graduate had been staying at an apartment located at Suddaguntepalya since the last 45 days. He was packing the drugs into parcels at his flat and circulating it in, Delhi, Kolkata and other cities. Das, his associate, was handing over the drugs to buyers.In the international market, cost of each recovered drug is between Rs 3000 to 4000 per gram. The drug peddler in Canada is said to have his own network of drug buyers in the country. The accused was getting drugs from abroad through an organised. Salim had recently managed to get 2.750 kilograms (in 14 packets) of hydro ganja packed in children’s milk powder tins.“The accused are targeting vulnerable school going children claiming that the chocolates which they give them will increase their concentration. To trap the students, the drug-laced chocolates are distributed free of cost at first. If the students ‘like’ the chocolates, then they are charged exorbitant amounts for one or two grams. Students in between the age group of eight to 12 were purchasing orange and strawberry-flavoured ganja chocolates from him,” said an officer who is investigating the case.The accused were targeting students of prestigious institutions. One such bar of chocolate was noticed by a parent who then reported the matter to senior police officials. The officers, who got the chocolate, checked and found that it was laced with drugs. After the matter came to the notice of the senior officers, it was entrusted to the sleuths attached to the narcotics wing of Cyber Crime, who in over 20 days of meticulous operation managed to arrest the two.“Of the two, the CCB will take the custody of Salim. The case is still under preliminary investigations. Notices will be sent to the shipping firms through which the accused managed to procure the drugs as they have shipped it without checking,” said the officer.The CCB sleuths have recovered 12 chocolate packs, 900 grams of hashish oil, 100 cigarette tubes, a car, bike and a machine used to powder drugs.City Police Commissioner, Bhaskar Rao has advised all parents to keep a watch on their children’s activities outside the house. Rao further said that the responsibility to curb the drug menace is not only on the police, but the education department should have mechanisms to keep an eye on the rampant drug mafia around the schools and colleges, too. The Commissioner further added that around 50 dogs, trained in sniffing out narcotics, are being deputed to keep a check on public places.A case against the two has been registered under the NDPS Act at the Suddaguntepalya police.