The district police Pauri have claimed to have arrested five drug peddlers while cracking seven such cases in Kotdwar and Srinagar towns in October. A large quantity of the contraband has been seized too from the peddlers as per the information given by the Senior Superintendent of Police office. In the last two days, Kotdwar police have arrested two persons from the bus station in Kotdwar, while Srinagar police have arrested three from Srinagar town on charge of drug peddling. Among the five persons arrested with contrabands, four are from Moradabad Uttar Pradesh and one from village Dang in Srinagar.
As per the SSP office, Srinagar police have seized 16.14 mg of smack on Monday from the arrested trio. On the report of SSI Jitendra Chauhan, a case has been registered against the arrested trio under section of 8/21 of NDPS Act. The trio has been identified as Shabhag and Mohmaad Daud, both residents of Shoo Road, Nai Basti, Moradabad and Akshaya Bisht, resident of village Dang, Srinagar. On Sunday Kotdwar police arrested two persons from the bus station and recovered a large bulk of marijuana from them. A case has been subsequently registered against the duo under relevant section of NDPS Act on the report of SI Vaibhav Gupta. The arrested duo has been identified as Ajeet Pal, resident of Adarsh Colony, Moradabad and Sidiqqi, resident of Kashiram Colony, Majjola, Moradabad.
A senior district police officer said that the arrest of four Moradabad residents has made it clear that police are not as vigilant on the migrants as they should be. “Verification drive for those coming to the state from outside should be further intensified,” the officer said.