In the ongoing drive against drug peddling activities, Dehradun police have arrested four persons from two places, Premnagar and Clement town, and recovered smacks weighing 35 grams and worth Rs 1.60 lakh in the market from their procession. The accused were identified as Pankaj Adhikari, resident of Almora, and Ravi Thapa, resident of Pithoragarh, Mohammad Talib and Dilanbaz, both residents of Saharanpur. The accused were booked under appropriate sections of NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act in the police stations concerned, police informed. Pankaj and Ravi are college students, one pursing BTech and the other hotel management in private colleges.
A Premnagar police station based officer said that following the direction of senior police officers, they had conducted vehicle checking drives under Prmenagar police station area in course of which Pankaj and Ravi were arrested from Thakurpur. Police recovered 15 gram smacks worth Rs 60, 000 from their possession, he added.
He further said that both Pankaj and Ravi were living in rented accommodations at two separate places in Premnagar. “While Pankaj was studying in a private college pursuing BTech Ravi was pursuing hotel management course in another private college. Both being friends, they used to bring smacks from Saharanpur to supply them among the students and youths of Premnagar. Both were booked under NDPS Act in Premnagar police station,” he added.
In another incident, Clement Town police arrested two persons from Asharodi road and recovered 20 gram smack from their possession. Police conducted checking drives and two suspects roaming around the area on a two-wheeler were caught carrying smacks with them. The accused have been identified as Mohammad Talib and Dilanbaz, residents of Saharanpur. In course of interrogation, both revealed that they had brought it from Chhutmalpur to supply them among the students, said a police officer, adding that the duo would be sent to jail after being produced in the court.