Mohali, Jan. 10 -- A special court in Mohali has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a drug trafficking case.

The court also imposed a Rs.1 lakh fine on the convict, identified as Karan Gupta alias Mithu, a resident of Sante Majra Colony, Kharar.

He was found guilty under Sections 22 (possession, sale, purchase of drugs) and 27 (consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The case dates back to August 13, 2022, when the Special Task Force (STF), Mohali, received a tip-off about Gupta being involved in the illegal sale of drug injections.

A checkpoint was set up near Industrial Area, Phase-7, where the accused was caught with 22 drug injec...