21-year-old held for peddling drugs to college students in Noida
Noida Police on Friday arrested a 21-year-old drug peddler riding around the city in Mercedes to supply drugs to college students in Noida, said police.
'We have also seized 500 gm of a foreign drug known as OG, 7 kg local marijuana worth Rs 4 lakh, and his Mercedes car,' said the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Yamuna Prasad.
Prasad said that the man has been identified as Hrishikesh Damodar, a resident of Kerala, who had been staying at JP Cosmos Society in sector 134 of Noida on rent. 'During interrogation he disclosed that he was supplying local marijuana and foreign narcotic OG in Noida's school, college and mall areas,' said the DCP.
The DCP said that Hrishikesh used to connect with students through social media and supply drugs according to their demand. 'He used a Mercedes car to portray himself as Elite. He traveled in an expensive car so that no one would suspect him and he supplied drugs in schools, colleges, and mall areas of Noida and Delhi,' said the officials.
We had arrested him during a routine check up of the Noida police team from Noida Sector 126 area near Asgarpur T-point. 'When we questioned him, Damodar admitted to carrying drugs in the boot of his car.
'There were multiple parcels of cannabis and OG, cleverly concealed in delivery packets. Hrishikesh dropped out of college in 2024 and was pursuing BBA in the distant mode,' said police.
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