Banned Drugs Worth Rs 5.7crore Seized In Rampur, 11 Arrested

Bareilly : Police in Rampur district have arrested 11 people and allegedly recovered from their possession banned drugs worth Rs 5.7 crore. All the accused were sent to jail on Saturday.

According to police, during a routine checking drive at a check-post in Shahzadnagar area a man, riding a motorcycle, was asked to stop. But he sped away.

A team chased him and managed to stop him. Some sedative drugs were recovered from his possession. During interrogation, he revealed that the gang members were running a business of selling sedative drugs in various UP districts.

It was then that the gang was busted. It was operating from a building in Durgnagala village.

Superintendent of police, Rampur, Ankit Mittal said, “Eleven people involved in the business of selling sedative drugs were  arrested. Drugs worth Rs 5.7 crore were recovered from their possession.”

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