PRAYAGRAJ: Five men allegedly involved in peddling drugs across the state were arrested with
ganja worth Rs 1,606kg — worth Rs 2 crore — in Pratapgarh on Friday.
The accused were identified as
Dheeraj Singh, Surendra Kumar alias Rahul Yadav, Ravi Yadav, Pankaj Yadav and Saurabh Singh. The accused are residents of Aspur Devsara in Pratapgarh and Kadipur in Sultanpur.
Police also recovered a truck and one SUV from them.
SP (Pratapgarh) Abhishek Singh said, “A joint team of crime branch and Antoo police recieved a tip-off that a group of drug peddlers were planning to unload a consignment of
ganja near an underconstruction house in Lohangpur village. The team raided the spot and nabbed the five.”
During the interrogation, one of the accused Dheeraj told the police that he used to bring illegal drugs hidden coal-laden trucks from Vishakhapatnam. The accused were in contact with a man named as Ranjeet in
Vishakhapatnam, who used to help them smuggle the drugs.
Police said that Dheeraj had served time in jail for the same charge in 2018 as well.
The accused were arrested while unloading the drugs from a truck and were planning to take it to Ambedkarnagar. The ganja was bought at the rate of Rs 5,000/kg and would later be sold at twice the price different districts of the state.