Udupi: Kota police were finally able to nab a ganja peddler, who had allegedly been supplying ganja for many years, on July 11.

The arrested has been identified as Bheema Shanker (50), a resident of Gulbarga. 

On a tip-off, the police arrested him in front of Kota Marigudi, where he was trying to sell ganja. The police seized 1.7 kg of ganja from the accused. It is learnt that he was wanted by the police since 2 years. Several attempts to nab him had failed, said a police official.

The team was supervised by the SI of Kota police station, Kabbalraj H D. Guruprasad (Tahsildar Udupi), Subhash Kharvi (PDO, Kota), Jayaram Shetty (PDI, Airody) were present.