Dehradun police have arrested five suspected drug peddlers from Kargi Chowk on Wednesday. Police recovered 85 gram smack worth Rs 5.5 lakh, one electronic balance, 25 mobile phones, two scooties and Rs 50, 000 in cash from their possession. The accused have been identified as Deepak Choudhary, resident of Tunwala, Rahul, resident of Dl Road, Sandeep Sharma, resident of Raipur, Kailash Bhandari, resident of Balawala and Faizal, resident of Aaraghar. Continuing drive against drug peddling, while Patelnagar police were conducting a vehicle checking drive at Kargi Chowk two scooty riders were directed to stop for checking. But as they tried to flee police chased and arrested them. While they were frisked contrabands were found.
While being grilled, they are believed to have said that as members of a gang named Kobra gang, they used to bring smack from Saharanpur, Bareilly and Bijnor at cheaper rate to supply it among the school/college students at higher rate.
In another incident, Patelnagar police arrested a person identified as Faim 32, native of Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), from Bhandari Bagh on the same day and recovered 232 injectable drugs worth Rs 20,000 from him.