Udupi:  Five college students were arrested by the police on Wednesday June 12 on the charges of peddling ganja near Manipal. Police have seized 850 grams ganja and six cell phones from the arrested students. The value of the ganja is estimated at Rs 20,000

Those arrested are Shashank R Tingalaya (19), son of Ravindra G Tingalaya from Kodavoor Salmara, Godwin (19), son of Stany D’Souza, resident of Santhekatte near here, Sham Pras Godwin (18) son of Samuel Santosh from Hanumanthanagar in Nittoor, Shervin (19), son of Stephan Amanna, resident of Shiribeedu here, and Akash Salian (18), son of Anand Kitti Salian, a native of Dombivili, Mumbai.

It is learnt they were found hiding ganja inside their T-shirts.Though they tried to flee on seeing the police, they were soon apprehended.