Dehradun police arrested 12 persons allegedly consuming and supplying hashish, smack and other narcotics to educational institutions under three different police station areas in Dehradun on Thursday.
Police recovered large quantity of these narcotics with an estimated value of around Rs 20 lakh. Out of the 12 accused, one is the son of an Uttar Pradesh police officer while another is the son of an army officer.Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana said this while interacting with media persons on Thursday.
Khurana said that following the direction of the Uttarakhand Director General of Police BS Sidhu to act against drugs peddlers, several police teams headed by circle officers were formed. Acting on lIU inputs and other sources, as many as 12 persons were arrested in a single day for allegedly supplying narcotics to educational institutions.
According to him, drives against drugs peddlers will be continued to destroy the drug smuggling networks in the district. In Sahaspur, police arrested six persons allegedly involved in supplying hashish and smack to educational institutions. The accused have been identified as Dehradun residents Riyasat Ali, Yusuf, Javed, Shailendra Dhaka, Manish Kumar Mahendru and Haryana native Sanjeet. All of them were consuming and supplying smack to the educational institutions.
During interrogation, the accused admitted their offence. It was revealed that Yusuf used to motivate the school and college students to consume smack and supply it to educational institutions. They had brought smack from Bareilly with an intention to sell it around private colleges. In Patelnagar, police arrested two persons allegedly involved in supplying smack to the private colleges and recovered around 50 grammes of the contraband valued at around Rs five lakh from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Dehradun resident Gaurav and Chamoli resident Gopal. Police will investigate whether they were involved in criminal activities in the past. In another incident in the Patelnagar area, a police team headed by CO Swatantra Kumar arrested two persons allegedly carrying 900 grams hashish valued at around Rs one lakh in the international market from Mehuwala area. The accused have been identified as Chakrata residents Suraj and Naveen Kumar.
In Dalanwala, Karanpur Chowki in-charge Naresh Rathore said that two persons were arrested with 400 grammes hashish from Old Dalanwala area. The accused have been identified as Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) natives lakshmi and Anil.