College student caught with substantial stack of ‘drugs’ in Namchi

NAMCHI, 30 Jan: A 23-year-old college student was arrested today by Namchi police with huge consignment of contraband substances. Acting on source information, a Namchi Police team led by SDPO Geegee Norbu Namchankorpa intercepted a car and a seizure there led to a larger consignment of prescription drugs of abuse stacked in the rented home of the accused who is also the owner of the car.
While speaking to this correspondent, SDPO Ms. Namchankorpa informed that the police team received information at around 6 p.m., and intercepted the car at Debrung Turning on the Namchi - Damthang stretch at around 6:30 when the accused was dropping off one of his friends.
The police recovered a number of loose capsules of Spasmo-Proxyvon and N-10 capsules from his possession. Their suspicion alerted, the cops then raided the youth’s rented room at Tinzir near Namchi Bazaar. This raid led to the recovery of 222 loose capsules of Spasmo-Proxyvon, 33 N-10 tablets along with approximately 100 gms of Marijuana.
The 23 years old student of IIIrd semester at Namchi Government College, was taken into custody and the car seized, the SDPO informs.
Further, the police has registered the case under section 9 (b) 14 of Sikkim Anti Drug Act (SADA) and investigation is underway. The accused, originally a resident of Ribdi, West Sikkim, was staying here in a rented room.
He is currently under police custody.
When asked whether the accused youth was a peddler or a user, the SDPO commented that the amount of prescription drugs of abuse seized from his possession suggested that he must also be peddling the substance apart from being a user himself.