PUNE: The Anti-Narcotics Cell 1 of Pune police Crime Branch has arrested three persons for selling drugs in the city. They have seized opium worth ₹1.16 crore from the accused.
The accused have been identified as Sumer Jairamji Bishnoi (50), a resident of Kondhwa Budruk and hailing from Jodhpur district, Rajasthan,
Chavandsingh Mansingh Rajput and Lokendrasingh Mahendrasingh Rajput. The action was taken at Gokul Nagar, lane number one, Katraj-Kondhwa Road on August 17.
Officials and personnel of ANC 1 were patrolling in the limits of Kondhwa police station and policemen Pandurang Pawar and Sachin Malve got the information that a person was selling opium near Shehdutta building on Katraj Kondhwa Road. The team raided the place and apprehended Sumer Bishnoi and seized 3 kg opium worth ₹64.28 lakh from him. Various items worth ₹64.49 lakh were seized and an FIR under NDPS Act was registered against him.
When the accused was questioned in police custody, he said he had bought the drugs from Chavandsingh Rajput and Lokendrasingh Rajput. He also said he had a stock of the drugs. Accordingly, the accused were apprehended and items worth ₹52.25 lakh were seized from them. It included 2.60 kg opium worth ₹52 lakh. API Shailaja Jankar is probing the case.
The action was taken under the guidance of CP Ritesh Kumar, Joint CP Sandeep Karnik, Addl CP Ramnath Pokale, DCP Amol Zende, ACP Sunil Tambe by Senior PI Vinayak Gaikwad, API Laxman Dhengle, API Shailaja Jankar, policemen Pandurang Pawar, Sachin Malve, Sujit Wadekar, Dnyaneshwar Ghorpade, Maruti Pardhi, Pravin Uttekar, Vishal Dalvi, Rahul Joshi, Vishal Shinde, Manojkumar Salunke, Sandip Shirke, Sandesh Kakde, Nitesh Jadhav, Rehana Shaikh and Yogesh Mohite.
