Haldwani (Uttarakhand):Uttarakhand Police on Friday arrested three persons from Uttar Pradesh, including a constable and recovered 1.75 kg smack from their possession in Nainital district. This is the biggest consignment of smack that has been seized in recent times, police said.
Nainital SSP Prahlad Narayan Meena said that an anti-drug campaign is currently being run across the district. Under which, a joint team of Lalkuan Kotwali Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) conducted a search operation in the area. At Subhash Nagar check post, police found three suspicious persons riding a bike.
Meena said that when the police team signaled the bike to stop, it tried to escape. Police followed the bike and nabbed them after a brief chase. "While searching the youths, police recovered 1.75 kg smack from them worth more than Rs 2 crore," Meena said.
After this, all three were taken into custody and brought to Lalkuan police station, where they are being interrogated. The accused have identified themselves as Morpal, Arjun Pandey and Ravindra Singh. Among the three, Ravindra Singh is a constable in Uttar Pradesh Police, posted in the Bareilly district. One of the accused is a student of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) whose father is a home guard.