Kanpur,
01 Sept (HS): The Narcotics team of the Crime Branch has arrested five people
including three men and two women with 74 kg of ganja in a major action. The
accused used to bring ganja from Orissa via road in a car and supply it in the
city. The price of the ganja is said to be Rs 15 lakh. This information was
given by ACP Cantt Anjali Vishkarma on Monday. For some time now, the drug
business has been flourishing in the city. The police have also launched a
campaign against it. Earlier also, the police have taken action against those who
buy and sell drugs from various police station areas of the city.
In
this sequence, the Crime Branch received information from an informer that a
large quantity of ganja was being brought to the city in a car from Orissa by
road. To catch the accused, the Crime Branch set up a blockade on the Ramadevi
flyover under the Chakeri police station area on Sunday night and caught five
smugglers (two women, three men) travelling in a car. The arrested accused told
that they were taking this ganja to the Sachendi police station area.
The
arrested accused have been identified as Sohail alias Suhan resident of
Kannauj, present address at Bithoor police station, Mallika Sultana resident of
Kannauj, present address at Bithoor police station, Shyam Singh resident of Sachendi
police station, Guddi resident of Sachendi police station, Devi Prasad resident
of Sachendi police station.
ACP
Cantt Anjali Vishkarma while addressing a press conference said that 74 kg 200
grams of ganja worth Rs 15 lakh has been recovered from the smugglers. Apart
from this, Rs 35,150 cash and five mobile phones have also been recovered. All
the five have been arrested and sent to jail after taking action against them
under the NDPS Act.
Arresting
team: Crime Branch SWAT team in-charge Inspector Tej Bahadur Singh, Narcotics
in-charge Vivek Yadav, Surveillance in-charge Mangal Singh and their team along
with Chakeri police station jointly carried out this action.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi
