Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 19: A notorious drug peddler was arrested along with large quantity of intoxicants near Railway Station Jammu, falling under the jurisdiction of Trikuta Nagar police station.
As per police sources, on specific inputs, police team from Trikuta Nagar police station laid a naka near Railway Station Jammu and intercepted a person, who was moving under mysterious circumstances after boarding from Jammu bound train.
During checking, police recovered 1191 capsules and 120 bottles of consumable intoxicants and arrested the accused, who has been identified as Romesh Kumar alias Pappu, son of Manga Ram, a resident of Rehari Colony. The accused purchased the intoxicants from Delhi and was heading to distribute the same among the local youth in his area.
During investigation, it came to fore that a case under 3/13 under Sections 8/21 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act already stands registered against the accused at Police Station Railway Station.
A case under FIR no 114/2014 under Section 8/21/22 8/21 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the accused at police station Trikuta Nagar and investigation started.
Police team headed by SHO Trikuta Nagar Chanchal Singh made the arrest under the supervision of DySP East Mohammad Rafiq and SSP Jammu Atul Goel.
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