Continuing drive against drug peddling activities in Dehradun district, a police team led by Rishikesh Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)/CO Rishikesh, Manju Nath TC has arrested three persons from Rishikesh and recovered illegal lysergic acid diethylamide (lSD) drugs with an estimated value of Rs 5 lakh in the international market, from their possession on Thursday.
Dehradun senior Superintendent of Police Nivedita Kukreti said that lSD is a hallucinogenic drug especially popular among foreigners and Indian youth who consume it during ‘high profile’ parties, rave party, at pubs, while camping and in other scenarios. Police recovered lSD liquid and blotting paper from the possession of the accused.
A police team led by senior sub-inspector Hament Khanduri found three persons sitting on a bench near Navghat at Ramanuj Ashram. The trio attempted to get away from the scene on seeing the police team. The police chased them and held them after they failed to answer satisfactorily to some enquiry made by the police. The police frisked them and recovered the lSD from their possession. According to the police, those who consume lSD are likely to experience a range of effects including hallucinations and altered perception for many hours.
The accused have been identified as Premchand, a resident of Haridwar, Harjot Singh alias Prince, a resident of Rishikesh and Varun Upadhyay, also a resident of Rishikesh. In the course of interrogation, the accused are learnt to have confessed their offense.
The SSP further said that interrogation revealed that they had purchased the lSD from a foreigner. They were supplying it among foreigners and youths of Delhi and other places. Police team are searching for the foreigner who had sold the lSD to the trio.
The accused were arrested under appropriate sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in the police station. The accused will be sent to Suddhowala jail after being produced in the court, she added.
In another incident, the police said that a team arrested two persons and recovered 1.10 kg hashish from their possession. Police team was conducting vehicle checking drives and two persons travelling on a two-wheeler were signalled to stop for a check but they attempted to evade the police and escape from the site. The police caught up with them and after they failed to answer their questions satisfactorily, they were frisked by the police who recovered 1.10 kg hashish from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Rakesh Kumar and Sanjeev Tokar, residents of Raiwala and they were arrested under section 8/20 of NDPS Act in Raiwala police station area. The accused are learnt to have admitted their offense and revealed that they were trying to sell it to the youth in Rishikesh. They will be sent to jail after being produced in the court, the police added.