Two minor boys along with firearms, live cartridges and huge consignment of sedatives were arrested by police in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday.
“Following a tip-off about selling of sedatives, a police team arrested two minor boys from Minibasti under Civil lines police limits and seized major haul of sedative drugs, firearms and few live cartridges from their possession. The estimated market value of seized drugs would be around Rs 3 lakh,” said Station House Officer (SHO) of Civil lines police station Nasar Siddiqui.
Police team has seized a country-made pistol, a 9 mm pistol, four live cartridges, 2500 ampuls and large count of tablets being used as sedative, added SHO Siddiqui, elaborating that on being subjected to interrogation, the duo admitted of indulging in illegal business of selling sedatives.
SHO Siddiqui further informed that police have registered a case under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and launched an investigation to ascertain the sources from where the duo managed to procure firearms and sedatives.