A special team of the local police has seized 16 kg charas from the possession of a woman and four men from lakhan Majra area on Thursday night. The market value of the seized charas is over 16 lakh at international market. The woman and the men have been arrested and Rohtak police Chief Rajesh Duggal has announced cash prizes to the police team for their achievement.
"The SP had got a tip-off last evening that a group of men and women was on its way to Jind in a car for supplying drugs there. Taking a swift action on the information, the SP constituted a special team led by lakhan Majra police station incharge and directed to launch a checking drive after installing naakas at boarder points," said a police spokesman.
He maintained that when the police personnel deputed on the naakaas signaled a car to stop but it did not stop and the car driver tried to speed away by breaking the naaka. But the car was seized by police after laying a siege. "16 kg charas powder packed in different polybags was recovered from the car on checking. Occupants of the car, four men and a woman, were immediately arrested and were taken to the police station," said the spokesman, adding that the accused, during interrogation, revealed that the charas was being supplied to Jind.
The accused were produced before a local court which awarded the men police remand for two days and sent the woman to judicial custody.