A woman who has been running a drugs racket in the city managed to evade arrest for the third time yesterday.

Luck eluded the city police, who have been on the trail of a woman alleged to be the kingpin of a drugs racket, for the third time yesterday when the accused managed to give them the slip yet again.

The cops, however, caught three of her associates in the operation. The 35-year-old woman, who goes by the alias Hasina, has been on the police radar for the past decade.

Acting on a tip-off, the police had laid a trap at Haleguddadehalli near Chamraj Peth early last morning. Around 4.30 am, the four accused were on their way to deliver marijuana when the cops intercepted their van.

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