Dehradun police arrested two persons carrying 7.150 kg hashish with an estimated value of around Rs 25 lakh in the international market at Jamanpur (Sahsapur) in Dehradun on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Tyuni (Dehradun) residents Fakir and Gyaru. The accused will be booked under Gangster Act, said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana while interacting with media persons.
Khurana claimed that in the last six months of drive against drug peddlers at different places in the state capital, police recovered pharmaceutical drugs, hashish, smack and other narcotics with an estimated value of about Rs four crore in the international market. Police is committed to make Dehradun free of narcotics, he reiterated
According to Khurana, police received a tip off about two persons carrying hashish arriving at Jamanpur from Selaqui. Based on this, a police team headed by Vikasnagar CO Rajan Singh along with Sahaspur police station in-charge Surya Bhushan Negi, sub-inspectors Ravindra Shah, Dilwar Negi, Pramod Shah and others was formed and they began searching for the duo.
The peddlers were caught during vehicle checking drive at Jamanpur Idgah. The accused were arrested under sections 8/20/60 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and later jailed.
Police had recovered 4.300 kg hashish from Fakir and 2.850 kg hashish from Gyaru. During interrogation, the duo confessed to their offence and said that they had brought hashish here from Uttarkashi and were told to supply it to industrial establishments and educational institutes by a middleman.
Steps are being taken to nab the middleman based on interrogation report of the accused and their mobile phone call details. Khurana announced a reward of Rs 2,500 for the police team for nabbing the accused.