The Shivamogga police arrested five medical students in the last two days on charges of cultivating and selling ganja. Among them, three were allegedly involved in in-house cultivation in a rented house in the city.
Vigihnaraj, 28, from Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu; Vinod Kumar, 27, from Idukki in Kerala, and Pandidorai, 27, from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu had taken a house on rent at Shivaganga Layout near Subbaiah Medical College in the city, where they grew ganja.
The police raided the place and arrested them on Friday. The police seized 227 gm of dry ganja, 1.5 kg of fresh ganja, 10 gm of charas, ganja seeds, six table fans, two stabilisers, three LED lights, hookah pipes, pots, and ₹ 19,000 in cash from them.
