Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 29: The team of Police Station Pahargaon has once again proved its mettle in the ongoing war against drugs and has booked 05 persons under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, resulting in the recovery a total 1925 grams of illicit Ganja.

On 28th October 2024, acting on credible information, Pahargaon Police successfully intercepted an illicit Ganja transaction at Jodakilan. The operation, supervised by Insp. Mohd. Elias, SHO PS Pahargaon, led to the arrest of three accused T. Raja Shekhar, Saharul Gazi, and Rana Karmakar. During the raid, Police seized 1,775 grams of illicit Ganja. A case has been registered under the NDPS Act 1985, and the investigation entrusted to SI P. Jeevan.

During the course of the investigation, the accused persons were interrogated, leading to the arrest of two additional individuals, namely S. Raman and Vinith Kumar Murgeshan, with a further recovery of 150 grams of illicit Ganja and the investigation of the case is under progress.

Due to the sustained and sincere efforts of the Police raiding team comprising SI Manish Narayan, HC/1329 Ravi Kumar Limbu, PC/3015 Shiv Kumar, PC/828 Rahul Kr. Mourya, LPC/241 Saheeda Banu, and PC/1437 Lendha Horo and SI P Jeevan, IO of the case, under the leadership of Inpr. Mohd Elias SHO PS Pahargaon, the accused persons 1) Saharul Gazi S/o Sh. Sadek Gazi, 21 yrs, Pvt Labour R/o Near St. Mary School, Bhatu Basti; 2) T. Rajasekhar S/o Sh. R. Thangaraj, 43 yrs, R/o Lillypur, Haddo; 3) Rana Karmakar S/o Sh. Nemai Karmakar, 41 yrs, R/o Near Kali Mandir, Jodakilan; 4) S. Raman S/o Shri Veerappan Selvam, 31 yrs, R/o Prothrapur; and 5) Vinith Kumar Murgeshan S/o Shri Murgeshan, 26 yrs, R/o New Pahargaon, were arrested, and a total of 1.925 kg of illicit Ganja was recovered.

The entire raid was conducted under the supervision of Miss Anushtha Kalia, IPS, SDPO(SA), and the overall supervision of Miss Shweta K Sugathan, IPS, SP(D), South Andaman.

The general public is requested to share information pertaining to any crime or other illegal activities to Police at 112, 03192-232100 & 03192-236641. The identity of the informant will be kept secret.