Bijnor, May 26 (). Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor Police has arrested five members of a gang with a huge consignment of narcotics. This includes 72,000 capsules filled with drugs and 2,000 injections worth Rs 10 lakh. The gang members were arrested during a raid at a mango orchard in Mandi Dhanora area of the district.
Amroha SP Aditya Langeh said, police had received information that some people were involved in drug trafficking. He has hidden a consignment in a dilapidated toilet in the mango orchard. Police raided the spot and recovered banned narcotics including 72,000 capsules and 2,000 injections. Two bikes, six mobiles and Rs 46 thousand cash have been recovered from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Jai Kumar Tyagi of Sambhal district, Rajesh Kumar Sharma of Amroha, Neeraj Kumar Saxena of Badaun, Jatin of Begum Sarai and Furkan of Sambhal. He worked as a medical sales representative in a pharmaceutical company in Sambhal for seven years.
The accused had ordered drugs from a person named Manoj alias Rakesh through bus from Agra without bill and were supplying it.
Langeh said the police is trying to trace their network in western UP. Prima facie, they smuggled banned narcotics in Amroha, Bijnor, Moradabad and neighboring areas.
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