With arrest of total five gang members for involvement in drug racket operational from Nabha jail, Chandigarh police have so far recovered 35.2 kg poppy husk from their possession.
A 19-year-old drug peddler, Aditya, a resident of Sector 52, was nabbed on August 16 with 20.442 kg of poppy husk. During interrogation, he revealed that he was working on the instruction of Chandan Kumar, who is lodged in the Nabha jail in an NDPS case. He used to get instructions on phone from the jail.
With arrest of total five gang members, police have so far recovered 35.2 kg poppy husk from their possession.
On Wednesday, police brought the gang’s mastermind Kumar, on production warrant from Nabha jail and obtained his five-day custody from a Chandigarh court after arresting him in the current case.
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DSP Udayapal Singh said after analysing the call details of Aditya, it was established that he had exchanged transactions worth Rs 30 lakh in last four months with other key drug suppliers.