Maha 3 held for bid to lob drug-filled tennis balls in jail

    Pune, Nov 12 (PTI) Three persons were arrested while
they were allegedly planning to lob tennis balls filled with
marijuana in Kalamba jail in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district
for an associate lodged there, an official said on Thursday.
    During patrolling on Wednesday, some police constables
found three men roaming around a wall of the Kalamba jail with
three tennis balls in their hands.
    "Upon inquiring, they told the policemen that they
were from Pune. The cops on duty got suspicious about their
presence in the sensitive and prohibited area," the official
from Juna Rajwada police station in Kolhapur said.
    The police seized three tennis balls with insulated
adhesive tape over it from their possession, he said.
    "On cutting open, marijuana was found inside the
balls," the official said, adding that the three men were
allegedly planning to lob the contraband-filled balls in the
jail for one of their associates lodged there.
    The three were arrested and booked under relevant
sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
(NDPS) Act, he said.
    The jail administration was informed to check if the
accused had already supplied anything inside the jail.
    "During inspection, the jail administration found a
mobile phone inside the prison and they were trying to verify
to whom it belongs," the official said. PTI SPK
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