The police arrested a wanted drug peddler in Gwalior Chambal division along with a woman with 100 grams of opium. The arrested smack supplier belonged to Orai of Uttar Pradesh.
The police were searching him for last 6-7 months. The SSP Gwalior Santosh Kumar Singh was tipped off by an informer on Thursday that a notorious smack supplier Pappu alias Waseemuddin Khan of Orai (UP) was coming to Gwalior with an installment of opium.
Acting on the information the district police force and crime branch were alerted. At 5 am the police were informed that the accused entered the city and immediately surrounded and nabbed him. In the search 500 grams of opium was found from his possession. The seized contraband valued Rs 50 lakh in international market.
During interrogation the accused confessed that another accused Bara Sharma has come to the city with 200 grams of smack four days before. When the crime branch led by ASP Pratibha Mathew raided the houses of Bara Sharma, and found his mother making packs of the smack. The police recovered 100 grams from the woman. The SSP Gwalior Santosh Kumar Singh said that Pappu alias Waseemuddin Khan, a resident of Orai caught on Friday morning with 500 grams smack. He was being monitored from one and half month. On his identification another smack supplier Bara Sharma’s mother was also arrested.