Dehradun Police arrested four drug peddlers from Patelnagar area and seized 260 grams smack with an estimated value of around `15 lakh from their possession on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Pauri Garhwal resident Mahendra Pratap Singh,Haridwar residents Dharm Singh Panwar, Imran Ansari and Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) native Aftab Aalam, said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana on Wednesday. He said that acting on a tip off about someone carrying narcotics moving in the Patelnagar area, he formed a police team headed by CO Swatantra Kumar and they began conducting a checking drive at crossings. During the checking, police seized 260 grams smack from the accused. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they were told by a middleman to supply the contraband to Brahamanwala resident Sonu.