Four kg charas seized from drug peddler

Kurukshetra, February 28: The crime branch sleuths of the anti-narcotic cell today arrested a person from a bus stand here for allegedly peddling drugs and seized four kg charas from his possession.

The sleuths were tracking the suspicious movement of some persons at Ambala and Pipli bus stands when they noticed the suspicious behaviour of Santosh Gupta and arrested him, Sub- Inspector Munish Kumar, who is the team in-charge of the crime branch of the anti-narcotic cell, said.

Gupta after getting down from a bus started searching for someone in the bus stand complex. His activities were suspicious and indicated that he was carrying something, he said.

On searching his belongings, the crime branch team found about four kg charas in his bag, Kumar said, adding the accused was bringing the consignment from Shimla.

—Agencies