Continuing drive against drug peddling, Dehradun police claimed to have busted a drug peddling racket and arrested three persons on the charge of supplying smack to the youths of the State capital on Sunday.
Police recovered Rs 50, 000 in cash and 367 gram smack with estimated value of Rs 1 lakh from the trio.
The accused have been identified as Ranveer Singh, Shah Alam Choudhary and Mahsar Ali all natives of Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh, said a police officer on Sunday.
According to police, in course of interrogation, the accused revealed that they had brought the contrabands from Bareilly to supply it in Dehradun at higher prices among students of schools/colleges and employees of the industries.
Acting on a tip off, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti formed joint team from SOG and Patelnagar police.
A car coming from ISBT was told by the police to stop for checking.
The car was checked by the police and they recovered smack.
A case under appropriate sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the accused in Patelnagar police station and the accused would be produced in the court on Monday, said a police officer.