Police Arrest Alleged Inter-State Smuggler With 10.9 Kg Charas In Gonda

A joint team of Kotwali Nagar police and the Anti Narcotics Task Force, Barabanki, has arrested an inter-state drug smuggler in Gonda and recovered 10.936 kilograms of illegal charas from his car.

The action was taken under the intensive campaign being run against illegal trafficking of narcotic substances. The operation took place on Tuesday late evening at around 5.15 near the Gonda Railway Guest House, where the joint team laid a cordon and caught the accused.

Police said around 11 kilograms of illegal charas was recovered from the accused. Its estimated value in the international market has been assessed to be in crores of rupees. A Hyundai Eon car allegedly being used for smuggling and a mobile phone were also seized.

The arrested accused has been identified as Girjesh Kumar Verma, son of Raghav Ram Verma, resident of village Biswan Ganesh, under Kotwali Dehat police station area in Gonda district.

During questioning, the accused disclosed that he used to bring charas from the Khajuriha area of Bihar after buying it at low prices. He then sold it at higher prices in different districts of Uttar Pradesh, according to police.

To avoid being caught, the accused had taken a white Hyundai Eon car on rent from a person named Uttam Saxena for Rs 2,000 per day. Police said he was going to supply this large consignment of charas to a customer in Gonda when the joint team acted on specific information and caught him.

During the search, police recovered 10.936 kilograms of illegal charas kept in a total of 21 packets from the accused’s car. An Oppo mobile phone and the car used in the smuggling were also recovered.

Kotwali Nagar police have registered a case against the accused. He was taken to Gonda Medical College for medical examination and was then produced before the Gonda court, where the court sent him to judicial custody.