Mohammed Sajid
Port Blair, Mar 03: A team of CID Branch of A & N Police today seized about five kilograms of illicit Ganja and arrested two persons from Marine area. The seizure was made by a team Crime Investigation Department (CID), consisting of SI Sanjay Kumar, Head Constable Shashi Kumar and Constable Soma Sekhar Rao, after setting a trap and developing intelligence for several months.
According to reports, this morning two drug peddlers, M Hussain and Abdul Kalam, reached at the Parking area of Marine Gate and fixed a deal for selling five KG of Ganja and when the third person, the buyer, reached the spot with money the CID team raided the parking place and arrested two drug peddlers while the third person escaped from the spot.
During initial interrogation it was revealed that the drug peddlers used to bring Ganja from Hyderabad via courier and Kalam used to receive the couriers.
They have also reportedly confessed that this consignment was the second in last one month. While the first consignment was of 12 KG, the first consignment was of six KG, out of which one KG was sold a few days back and rest five KG has been seized by CID team.
“Both the accused are watchman by profession. They have been produced to court today from where they have been sent to Police Custody for three days. A case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’) has been registered against them,” Mr. Sibesh Singh, the Superintendent of Police (CID) told ‘Andaman Sheekha’ today.