Man caught with drugs worth 1 lakh

Surat: A 53-year-old man was arrested with 10.32 gm of methamphetamine worth Rs one lakh near Shyam Baba Temple on VIP Road.Police arrested Mohammad Sadiq Dadu, a resident of Modasa in the Aravalli district for carrying drugs. A preliminary investigation revealed that the accused was going to sell the drugs. Dadu was going in his car when police stopped him for checking and recovered the drugs.Police are questioning Dadu to find out the source of the drugs. Investigation revealed that he collected the drugs from the railway station area and was going to deliver it.Following a series of actions by the city police against the drug network as part of the ‘No Drugs in Surat City’ campaign, the traffickers have stopped carrying the contraband in big quantities. “The financial loss due to drug seizure is a major blow to any peddler. It seems that after multiple successful seizures by the city police, the peddlers are bringing drugs in small quantities,” said police .