PNS | DEHRADUN
A driver and conductor of a private bus were arrested in Dehradun with 2.58 kilogrammes of charas worth about Rs five lakhs. They used to smuggle drugs from Purola in Uttarkashi to Dehradun district under the pretext of carrying passengers, the Dehradun senior superintendent of police Ajai Singh said.
Singh said that the the suspects revealed during interrogation that they had been operating on the Dehradun-Purola Uttarkashi route for a considerable time, purchasing charas at lower prices from the Purola area and hiding it in the bus to sell in Dehradun at inflated prices.
They constructed a separate compartment under the seats to evade detection during police checks.
