Varanasi/Ghazipur: The Central Bureau of Narcotics Ghazipur unit arrested a shopkeeper with 1.01 kg of the banned drug Buprenorphine from Khushi General Store located in Sear Gobardhan of Lanka police station area. Its value has been estimated to be one crore rupees. The shopkeeper used to secretly sell these drugs to BHU students and drug addicts in the vicinity. The shopkeeper who has been jailed has been identified as Rambabu resident Sear Govardhan.
The Narcotics Department received information that a banned drug called Buprenorphine was being sold secretly under the guise of a general store located in Sear Gobardhan of Lanka police station area.
BHU students and drug addicts in the area buy it for Rs 200 to 300 per injection. Narcotics Commissioner Dinesh Baudh, Deputy Commissioner Praveen Kumar Bali and Assistant Commissioner Anil Kumar Vishwakarma formed a team and investigation began 15 days ago.
Under the leadership of Superintendent KK Srivastava, the team raided Khushi General Store in front of Sear govardhan Gate late Saturday evening. Shopkeeper Ram Babu, who was selling drugs under the guise of a general store, was arrested.
When the team searched the back part of the shop, they found one kilo of Buprenorphine, half a kilo of Tramadol, 0.067 grams of Clonazepam along with a huge quantity of syringes and Avil injections in a huge quantity of cartons. Their price is more than one crore. The shopkeeper told during interrogation – Drug addiction is prevalent not only among the students of BHU but also among the girl students, many of his customers are also girls. Who used to deliver drugs in hostels.
During interrogation by the narcotics team, the accused shopkeeper told that he used to buy injections from Saptasagar Dawa Mandi for 22 rupees and sell them for 200 to 300 rupees. BHU students, students living in nearby hostels as well as drug addicts from the vicinity used to buy it. It provides instant relief in severe pain. Rambabu has also confessed the names of some drug dealers of Saptasagar Mandi who sell banned drugs. Confidential investigation of the dealers has begun.
According to the superintendent, the accused told that he used to sell these drugs to some students living in BHU hostel as well as drug addicts from the vicinity. The accused has been sent to jail after interrogation.
The narcotic drugs whose sale has been banned by the government are being sold secretly in various districts of Purvanchal including the city. The syndicate of drug smugglers is so dominant that the banned drugs are being transported to West Bengal and then to Bangladesh by road. The drug dealers of the city and some influential people are also involved in this game. Especially cough syrup, painkillers and other narcotic drugs are being sent directly to Bengal from the depots to the firms of about 150 stockists of Saptasagar Dawa Mandi. The narcotics team has laid a trap to arrest such gangs.
The so-called syndicate of some drug sellers is dominant in this. The drug department and the narcotics team are also aware of this but they are unable to take any action due to lack of evidence. Huge profits are being made by delivering consignments of narcotic drugs to Bengal. Banned drugs are being sold in Bengal at ten times the price. When a drug dealer from Sigra area, who sold banned cough syrup, distanced himself from the syndicate a few months ago, the drug smugglers entered his office and threatened him and also beat up three of his employees.
This incident is captured in the CCTV camera. The footage has also reached some police officials. However, the drug dealer did not lodge any complaint in this matter. In the CCTV video, there were four drug smugglers including a history sheeter from Shivpur area.
