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Lucknow: NCB nabs 2 with drugs worth Rs 6 lakh

A Lucknow team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized psychotr... Read More
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow team of Narcotics Control Bureau (

NCB

) seized psychotropic substances worth Rs 6 lakh in two districts on Tuesday.

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In the first operation, NCB’s team seized 3kg of ‘charas’ worth Rs 4.6 lakh in Indua village of

Shravasti

. The person carrying the contraband was arrested and identified as Dashrath.

“His interrogation is on. It might lead to more arrests in the case,” said

NCB Lucknow

zonal director, Prashant Singh.

In the second case, 2,700 tablets of Alprazolam worth Rs 1.5 lakh were seized. They were being illegally sold by a medical store owner in Lakhimpur Kheri.

Singh said that during the election period, drives against illicit sale/diversion of psychotropic drugs in the districts falling along the Indo-Nepal border were on. Drugs worth Rs 46 lakh have been seized and nine people have been arrested.

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