The operation cell of Chandigarh police has arrested a person along with a huge consignment of banned drugs worth Rs 10 lakh on Saturday.
Pawan Kumar (28), a resident of Badheri village was arrested early morning by a team of Operation cell during a check post laid under Anti Terrorist drive at Sector-41. Police stopped him at check post while he was going on a rehri and while searching the boxes on rehri, police recovered a huge consignment of 123,936 capsules named Spasmocip, Parvon Spas and Spasmos Proxyvon of Dextro Prophen salt. “Pawan Kumar was held while smuggling a huge consignment of Dextro Prophen salt capsules which has been banned by the Government of India under Section 22 of Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and manufacturing and sale of the drug is a criminal offence,” said Jagbir Singh DSP of Operation cell.
The DSP said Pawan was a resident of Sector-25, Chandigarh and presently he was living in a rented accommodation at village Badheri where he also used to store the seized drug. Pawan himself is a drug addict. During investigation, police will seek information from where the accused procured the drugs and to whom the drug were to be supplied. Police will also try to ascertain if other members are involved in his gang. Meanwhile, sources in Operation cell said that he used to sell the capsules to youth in Tricity and surrounding areas. Police is also suspecting that some local chemists may be involved in smuggling the drug.
A case under Section 22 of the NDPS Act has been registered against Pawan Kumar. Pawan on Saturday was produced in district court, from where he was sent for two days police remand.