Dunzo & Rapido Workers Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Bengaluru

• The Bengaluru Police recently busted a drug supply network in the city, involving college students, courier boys, and delivery workers.
• One of the persons arrested in the case was a delivery worker with Dunzo, while another was a bike taxi driver with Rapido.
• The police seized drugs worth Rs 2.2 Crore, including 235 kg marijuana, 1,100 strips of LSD, 980 ecstasy tablets, and 450 gm of MDMA crystals.

The Bengaluru Police recently busted a drug supply network that involved college students, courier boys, and delivery workers of startups based in the city. One of the persons arrested in the case was a delivery worker with Dunzo, while another was a bike taxi driver with Rapido, the Additional Commissioner of Police (East), Bengaluru City, S Murugan told Inc42.

According to Murugan, delivery workers are often lured by drug peddlers with lucrative deals. While workers with delivery startups get anywhere between INR 30-40 per delivery, the drug traffickers offer these workers around INR 500 for making one such delivery. 

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The police seized drugs worth Rs 2.2 Crore, including 235 kg marijuana, 1,100 strips of LSD, 980 ecstasy tablets, and 450 gm of MDMA crystals. The two persons have been booked under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The drug trafficking network was mainly supplying the student community in the city. 

A Rapido spokesperson said, “The alleged driver in question was disqualified from Rapido since February 2020 for complaints on fake rides. Rapido condemns the act and will ensure complete cooperation with the authorities in this regard.”  

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Rapido couldn’t provide proof of the said driver’s disqualification from the company until the time of publication. Dunzo declined to comment on the matter.

Dunzo is an Indian company that provides delivery services in Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The company also operates a Bike Taxi service in Gurugram.

Rapido is an Indian online bike taxi aggregator based out of Bangalore, India. The company was founded in 2015 in Bengaluru. It operates in over 90+ cities across the country and has a mission to solve last-mile connectivity issues.

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