PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE /Dehradun
The Special Task Force (STF) and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) arrested three alleged drug peddlers with 265 grammes of heroin in Clement Town on Saturday. Police said the accused had come to the area to supply heroin to youths and school students.
The arrested accused were identified as Naved Ali, Sahib Ali and Mukarram Malik, all residents of Hakimpur Turra in Haridwar district. The police also seized a car allegedly used to transport the drugs. According to the STF, the heroin recovered from the accused was of commercial quantity and its international value was estimated at about Rs 50 lakh. The seizure is significant as police suspect that the accused were part of a network supplying drugs to young people and students.
The STF said its team developed technical and manual information before conducting the operation with Clement Town police. During questioning, the accused told police that they had come to Dehradun to supply heroin, police said. They also reportedly admitted to supplying narcotics earlier in Rishikesh and the Rajpur, Premnagar and Clement Town areas.
A case has been registered against the three at Clement Town police station under relevant sections of the law. The STF is now investigating their forward and backward links to identify other people connected with the drug supply network.
