New Delhi, Nov 3 Delhi Police has arrested a 28-year-old alleged drug peddler involved in around 10 criminal cases in northwest Delhi’s Rohini with 117 narcotic tablets and 28 vials of an injectable medicine, officials said on Tuesday.
Pankaj alias Kaua alias Kanchi was arrested on November 1 following a tip-off that he would arrive in Sector 30, Rohini, to supply intoxicant injections and narcotic medicines, police said.
A team laid a trap on the main road and intercepted the accused when he arrived on a scooter carrying a black bag, they said.
During a search, 117 Buprenorphine and Naloxone sublingual tablets and 28 vials of Pheniramine Maleate injection were recovered from his possession, police said.
The accused, who could not produce any documents to justify the possession, has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Shahbad Dairy police station, they said.
Pankaj, a resident of Shahbad Dairy, was previously involved in around 10 criminal cases, including for attempt to murder, and under the Arms Act and the NDPS Act.
Police have seized the scooter and the bag used by the accused, the officials said.
(PTI News)
