AMBALA: Ambala special task force (STF) on Thursday arrested two accused persons after recovering 3.20kg opium from their possession near Ambala Cantonment bus stand flyover.
The arrested accused have been identified as Sanjay Das of Bihar and Jitender Kumar Yadav of Jharkhand.
Ambala STF in-charge deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Kulbhushan Sharma said, “Both accused were produced in the district court on Friday, which granted their two-day police remand for further investigation.”
Meanwhile on the complaint of sub-inspector (SI) Ram Kumar, a case has been registered against both these accused under Section 18 (punishment for contravention in relation to opium) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Parao police station on Thursday.
Ram Kumar stated to the police, “On Thursday evening, STF unit Ambala was present near Mohra village on GT Road when a tip-off was received that Sanjay Das of Bihar and Jitender Kumar Yadav of Jharkhand supplies opium in Haryana and Punjab. It was informed that they would be arriving from Jharkhand with contraband in large quantity at bus stand Ambala Cantonment. Accordingly, checking was started and two suspects were seen walking with polythene carry bags in their hands and they were stopped for checking. After checking 3.20kg opium was recovered from possession of both accused.”
DSP Kulbhushan said, “The interrogation will be done from the first supplier of this contraband and further action will be taken as per law.”
DSP added that the team that nabbed the inter-state smugglers included SI Ram Kumar, ASIs Jitender Kumar and Subhash Chand, head constables Sandeep Kumar, Jagmohan and Nirmal Kumar, contable Randeep Singh of STF unit Ambala.