Incensed by the rising incidents of drug abuses in the education hub of Bhilai, Durg police Thursday succeeded in arresting a drug peddler with 60 small packets of brown sugar worth Rs 1.20 lakh.
The accused has been booked under Section 21 of the Narcotics Act. According to a release of Durg Superintendent of Police Dr Anand Chhabda, a team of police officials comprising Additional SP (Town) Prashant Thakur, DSP Crime Branch Virendra Sharma, crime branch inspector Vishal Soni was keeping a tab on the activities of anti-social elements in the twin Bhilai-Durg city and its adjoining areas. On Thursday they got information that Vivek Rai (22), son of Prem Rai resident of Sector 2, Road No 7 Quarter No 2 in Bhilai township was dealing brown sugar in the area after smuggling the drug from outside.
A team of Bhilai crime branch sleuths and Bhilai Bhatthi thana nabbed the accused red handed while selling the drug near Railway Avenue Sector 1 Bhilai and recovered 60 small packets of Bown sugar worth Rs 1.20 lakh from his possession. The police are now interrogating the accused to extract information about the origination of the drug. The accused has been booked under Section 21 of the Narcotics Act.
According to a release of Durg Superintendent of Police Dr Anand Chhabda, a team of police officials comprising Additional SP (Town) Prashant Thakur, DSP Crime Branch Virendra Sharma, crime branch inspector Vishal Soni was keeping a tab on the activities of anti-social elements in the twin Bhilai-Durg city and its adjoining areas. On Thursday they got information that Vivek Rai (22), son of Prem Rai resident of Sector 2, Road No 7 Quarter No 2 in Bhilai township was dealing brown sugar in the area after smuggling the drug from outside.
A team of Bhilai crime branch sleuths and Bhilai Bhatthi thana nabbed the accused red handed while selling the drug near Railway Avenue Sector 1 Bhilai and recovered 60 small packets of Bown sugar worth Rs 1.20 lakh from his possession. The police are now interrogating the accused to extract information about the origination of the drug.