Kanpur. In Fazalganj police station area, police and SWAT team took joint action and recovered 101 grams of Mephedrone (MD) drugs. Its price in the international market has been estimated at around Rs 1 crore.
A youth has been arrested in the case and information is being collected about other people involved in the supply of drugs. On Friday, the police caught the youth while checking on the road leading to the container yard along the railway line under the Govind Nagar bridge.
He was identified as Najmuddin alias Shaan, resident of Lakamandi, Colonelganj. During the search, 101 grams of MD drugs and a mobile phone were recovered from him.
Police interrogation revealed that drugs were being brought from cities like Delhi and Mumbai at low prices and supplied to Kanpur. Information has also been received about small packets of about one gram each being prepared for smuggling.
The police are now trying to trace other people associated with this network and the sources of supply of drugs in the city. For this, the help of informers along with technical means and surveillance is being taken.
Police station in-charge Dhananjay Kumar Pandey said that the police and SWAT team have taken joint action as part of the campaign against drug trafficking.
Information about other people involved in smuggling is being collected by interrogating the arrested youth. Necessary legal action is being taken in the case and the accused is being presented in the court.
According to the police, the estimated value of the recovered MD drugs in the international market is around Rs 1 crore. The team is now trying to find out through whom it was being supplied in Kanpur.