Police seize over 2 kgs of smack worth Rs 2 crore in Nainital & Udham Singh Nagar
Saturday, 23 SEPTEMBER 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Making the State’s biggest smack seizures, the Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital police seized over one kilogramme of the contraband each in their respective districts. The Nainital police arrested three drug smugglers who belong to Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly with more than one kilogramme of smack worth about Rs one crore. The newly appointed senior superintendent of police of Nainital Prahlad Narayan Meena said all accused were arrested after getting a tip-off from an informer. The police checked three people in the Lalkuan area who were travelling on a motorbike. The police recovered more than one kilogramme of smack from the accused. He said that the three accused have been identified as Morpal, Arjun Pandey and Ravindra Singh. Meena said that Singh is purportedly a constable in UP police and the district police here will gather more information about him by coordinating with the senior officials of UP police. He also said that the director general of police Ashok Kumar also appreciated the work of Nainital police and announced a reward of Rs 25,000 to the teams. Besides this, Udham Singh Nagar police also nabbed a man named Iqbal Khan from the Kashipur area on Friday. The Udham Singh Nagar SSP Manjunath TC said that Khan was arrested during the checking when the police found him suspicious. The police recovered over 1.24 kilogrammes of smack worth about Rs 1.25 crore from his possession. “The accused Khan basically belongs to Delhi but is currently living in Kashipur. He revealed during the interrogation that he used to smuggle smack from Bareilly to sell it to various people in Kashipur. He appears to be connected to a big gang during the investigation. We are investigating the matter and will take further action accordingly,” added TC.
