Dehradun, Dec. 17 -- Garhwal Post Bureau
Champawat, 16 Dec: In a major crackdown on cross-border drug trafficking, a joint team of SOG Champawat, STF Kumaon and Banbasa Police arrested three youths from Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh with 799 grams of heroin during a late-night checking drive near Banbasa. The STF action foiled an attempt to smuggle the contraband into Nepal. FIR has been registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) and further investigation is underway to trace the wider network involved in the racket.
The action was taken under the direction of CO Tanakpur Vandana Verma and the supervision of SOG in-charge Kamlesh Bhatt, when the police teams...