Three arrested in two days for peddling drugs

GANGTOK, 17 May: Three persons were arrested in the past two days [15 and 16 May] for being in possession of contraband substances, one under Temi Police Station and the other two at Sadar Police Station in Gangtok.
According to sources, a person hailing from of Adarsh Gaon, Manpari in South Sikkim was nabbed in possession of the drugs. The Temi police accordingly registered a case and the accused was intercepted at Adarsh Gaon. Following a body search, 24 tablets of Nitrosun-10 were found on him. He was arrested and booked under section 9 (b) 11&14 of SADA.
In another incident, on 16 May around 5 P.M. the Sadar Police Station received information that an individual identified as Sonam Gurung alias Rajan Kumar Gurung, resident of Lingding, Rai Gaon was frequently engaged in peddling of contraband substances in the locality. It was further informed that the said individual had reportedly brought a huge cache of contraband substances and had concealed these substances in his rented room in Lingding from where he was peddling the same.
Acting on the tip-off, the rented room of Sonam Gurung was raided whereupon 179 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon were recovered. The contraband substances were concealed underneath a decorative fan.
The contraband substances were accordingly seized and Gurung was arrested. He has been booked under section 9 /14 of Sikkim Anti-Drugs Act.
Meanwhile on 15 May at around 12.45 in the afternoon the Sadar Police received a telephonic information from HC Bal Bahadur Tamang of Beat XII [Vajra Booth] mentioning that he had a prior source information that one peddler identified as Bal Bahadur Chettri suspected to be in possession of contraband substances at Vajra Taxi Stand situated at Balwakhani was peddling the substance at the Taxi Stand.
During the course of investigation, the room rented by Chettri at Vajra, Balwakhani was searched which led to the recovery of 66 loose capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon.
The recovered contraband substances were seized and Chettri, resident of Vajra, Balwakhani was arrested and has been booked under section 9 /14 of Sikkim Anti-Drugs Act.