Sheopur: Youth, 24, held with 8.81 g of smack; police search for three more suspects

Dehat police station in Sheopur has arrested Pawan alias Golu Meena, 24, with 8.81 grams of smack. According to police, the seized smack is worth about Rs 35,000.

Police said Pawan alias Golu is the son of Pahalwan Meena and a resident of Matasula village. A case has been registered against him under the NDPS Act and an investigation has begun. Police registered the case under Sections 8/21 of the NDPS Act, crime number 322/26. Questioning of the arrested accused is still on.

According to police, questioning of the accused has yielded information about three more people linked to the smuggling. They are a man from Matasula village, a man from Dhoti village and a man from the Islampura area of Sheopur. Police are examining the role of all three and are searching for them.

A campaign against the smuggling and sale of narcotics is being run in the district on the directions of Police Headquarters, Bhopal. The action was taken under this campaign. It was carried out under the direction of Superintendent of Police Moti Ur Rahman and the guidance of Additional Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar Bhuria. SDOP Anand Kumar Rai led it. A team headed by station in-charge Rahul Raghuvanshi arrested Pawan and seized the smack.

Besides station in-charge Rahul Raghuvanshi, the team included sub-inspector Sukhveer Singh Rajawat, head constables Arvind Baghel, Satyendra Singh Jadon, Dilip Singh, Ashutosh Sharma and Santram Rawat, and constables Naveen Sharma, Rajesh Rawat, Amit Vimal and Jitendra Kushwah.