Couple caught with heroin worth Rs 3.3 lakh in Rajkot

TNN | May 1, 2020, 04:53 IST

Imran Pathan and his wife Fatma

Rajkot: A couple was arrested with 33 gram of heroin worth Rs 3.30 lakh near Master Society on Kotharia Road in Rajkot on Wednesday night.
Police said the accused, identified as Imran Pathan and his wife Fatma Pathan, both aged 35, had brought the contraband from Jangleshwer locality.
The accused told the cops that they had procured the drugs from a drug dealer identified as Salma Sandhi. Sandhi had asked a drug trafficker identified as Bhuro to get her heroin.
“In order to hide contraband from police, the accused had kept packets of snacks and milk in the boot of their two-wheeler, so that they could claim that they had gone out to buy essential items when caught. However, we had a prior tip-off about the couple carrying the contraband. Upon frisking them, we found the drugs from Fatma’s purse,” said V K Gadhvi, inspector with Bhaktinagar police station. Apart from the drugs, the police seized the two-wheeler driven by the accused, Rs 4,890 cash and two cellphones.
Meanwhile, the police have launched a manhunt for Sandhi and Bhuro.
The police said Sandhi was arrested twice in the past for obstructing cops on duty and carrying liquor.