Narcotics squad nabs drug peddler, recovers 5 kg ganja

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The narcotics squad of the Delhi Police, here on Tuesday, claimed to have arrested 24-year-old man, identified as Shah Jamal, for allegedly peddling drugs and recovered 5 kg of ganja (cannabis) from him.According to the police, on a tip off a trap was laid around Oak Silver DDA Park, near Jangpura Metro Station. Around 4 p.m, the team apprehended Jamal, a resident of JJ Colony in Narela (North Delhi), with a bag.On search, 5 kg cannabis was recovered, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South, Atul Kumar Thakur. A case had been registered at Lodhi Colony police station under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.Following the death of his father, who ran a provision store, Jamal wanted to make easy money and started selling cannabis, said a senior official. Involvement of Jamal had also surfaced in another case, he added.Earlier on Monday, the special cell of the Delhi Police claimed to have arrested a drug supplier, identified as Sidharth, from Punjab's Hoshiarpur. He was a fugitive in the 3.5 kg heroin seizure case in Delhi and carried a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head.He had been granted three-week interim bail by the trial court in the case in December 2018. Sidharth jumped the bail, went underground, re-organised his syndicate and restarted trafficking drug, said Pramod Singh Kushwaha, DCP (special cell), in a statement.
--IANS anb/pcj