Two more held in police drive against drug net
| Date :11-Oct-2020 |
The duo arrested by police in connection with drug case.
Staff Reporter :
RAIPUR,
Making headway in investigation of the drug case, Raipur Police on Saturday arrested two more persons alleged to be the part of ‘Drug Net’ and indulged in the peddling of narcotics. “Based on information collected from the already arrested drug peddlers, investigators have arrested two more persons allegedly indulged in the illegal business,” said police sources.
According to police sources, the arrested were identified as Gaurav Shukla (27), hailing from Bilaspur, and Ashish Joshi (36), Ishita Paradish under Rajendra Nagar police station limits. From the possession of the arrested duo, police have seized three mobile handsets and a probe is underway to find out their links. In this connection, police have registered an offence against the accused under relevant Section of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. “Acting on the inputs collected from Shreyansh Jhabak and Vikas Banchore, who were recently arrested in the state capital along with cocaine, police launched an extensive probe that led to arresting Abhishek Shukla along with recovery of around 93 gram methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) to the tune of around Rs 15 lakh.
Following the information gathered from Abhishek, police arrested six others, including a constable of Government Railway Police who was financing the drug business,” informed police sources. Probe is underway on multiple angles to ascertain association of people as well as hotels and clubs in the city with the Drug Net, said police sources, elaborating that several names have been surfaced during the interrogation of arrested peddlers and soon more arrests will take place.