Port Blair, Nov 20: The special task force of South Andaman District constituted to curb menace of Ganja has again succeeded in making arrest of two drug peddlers namely Sheikh Suleman @ Batti and a female Arthy Trivedi @ Rozy R/o Chandni Chowk South Point in NDPS case. Illegal Ganja weighing 1.115 Kg has also been recovered from their possession.
On 15/11/2018, credible information was received from a police informer that the relative of recently arrested drug peddler Sheikh Suleman is having Ganja and is planning to sell to the potential customers.
Immediately, the special task force comprising SI Surjeet Bhattacharjee, HC/633 V. Hentho, PC/2105 M. Ashok Kumar PC/1047 Jayanta Biswas, PC/ 1019 Manoj Kumar Yadav, PC/3015 D. Shiv Kumar, PC/2622 Suresh, PC/1624 Vinod Liniya, LPC/368 Savika Xalxo led by Inspr. Arun Kumar Singh, SHO PS Aberdeen, was activated under the supervision of SDPO (SA) Shri Nishant Gupta to lay the trap.
A decoy customer from the team contacted the accused for selling Ganja. On getting signal the team immediately raided the spot, where the accused persons namely Sheikh Suleman S/o Shri Sheikh Safiul (25 yrs) R/o Chandni Chowk, South Point and Ms. Arthy Trivedi D/o Shri Joy Gope Trivedi (21 yrs) R/o Chandni Chowk, South Point were found in possession of 1.115 Kg Ganja.
They were arrested under section 20(b)(ii)(B) NDPS Act, 1985 in FIR No. 638/18 Aberdeen Police Station. They were produced before the concerned court which remanded them for judicial custody. The punishment for the said offence is imprisonment up to 10 years and fine up to Rs. one lakh.
On perusal of crime record of PS Aberdeen, it was found that the accused person Sheikh Suleman s/o Shri Sheikh Safiul (25) yrs R/o Chandni Chowk, South Point is a habitual offender and been involved in drug peddling and other criminal activities in the following cases at PS Aberdeen and PS CCS:
- PS Aberdeen FIR No. 607/16 u/s 447/452/427/504/506/34 IPC
- PS Aberdeen FIR No. 87/18 u/s 279/338 IPC
During interrogation the accused revealed that he has been procuring the illicit Ganja from Kolkata via sea route and has recently roped in the co-accused Arthy to sell the illicit drugs.
The general public is also requested to share/ pass any information with Police so that such anti-social elements are apprehended. The information can be shared via numbers 03192-232100, 03192-232400 and 9434288673. The informer will be suitably rewarded and his/her identity will be kept secret.
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