Drugs worth Rs 1cr seized in Sec 71, 3 held

NOIDA: Police claimed to have busted an inter-state drug peddling racket by arresting three persons from Sector 71 on Saturday night. Police have also recovered 34 kg ganja and 1.5 kg charas worth Rs 1 crore from their possession.

Acting on a tip off, a team deployed in Sarfabad village arrested drug peddlers – Deepak (24), Jitendra (25) and Suraj (21). All of them are from Bihar and are currently residing at Sarfabad.

During interrogation, they said they had sourced drugs from Odisha and sold them in UP, Delhi and Bihar.

Police said Jitendra worked as a vegetable vendor in Siwan, Bihar, where he met Deepak, another vegetable vendor. Jitendra convinced Deepak about joining the drug trafficking business. “They met Suraj at a marriage ceremony and decided to start the business,” said a police officer. They contacted a Ravish, a drug dealer from Odisha.