Two persons have been arrested in two separate incidents, for drug peddling, and were booked under Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after Contrabands worth Rs 1.5 lakh was recovered from their possession.
In the first incident, Chandigarh police arrested a resident of ludhiana, at a check post erected near the dumping ground at Dadu Majra. The check post was erected in the area, to curb the incidents of snatching which are on a rise in the City, said a police official.
The accused, Deepak Kumar aged 26, was stopped at the check post for checking while he was traveling on a two wheeler. On checking the bag of the accused, police recovered one kg of charas. Following the incident the accused was arrested by the police team, but he has not revealed the source from where he got the contraband.
In another such incident, Sanjeev Kumar (27) was arrested from Mori gate at Manimajra on late Sunday evening, at a special check post. A police official noticed him with an orange colored bag in his hand. While checking the bag of the suspect, the official recovered on kg of opium from his possession. During further investigation, Sanjeev admitted that he is a drug peddler and he was going to deliver the contraband to a buyer. Meanwhile, the accused were produced in the district court and were sent to judicial custody for further investigations.