Seizure of opiod drugs: NCB nabs 2 staffers of Dehradun-based pharma firm

A month after the seizure of opiod drugs, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here raided a pharmaceutical firm at Dehradun in Uttarakhand leading to the recovery of a huge quantity of sedative pills from there.

Though the owner of the firm fled the scene, the NCB arrested its two employees who were on Wednesday produced in a local court, which sent them to judicial custody. They were identified as Ajit Singh of Sinhniwala and Ankit Patel of Ram Dham colony.

On January 4, the NCB had arrested Naveen from a medicine shop and recovered 24,000 of sedative pills from his possession. His interrogation led to the arrest of Sonu and Harsh Kumar of Gate Hakima. Further investigations led to the recovery of 34,000 pills from Sukhpal Singh and Harwinder Singh of Beas, NCB officials said. On January 8, NCB sleuths arrested Manpreet Singh of New Amritsar.

An official said their interrogation led the NCB team to the Dehradun-based pharmaceutical firm where a raid was conducted. He said though the owner managed to flee the spot, the NCB team arrested two workers from the spot and produced them in a local court.

Sources said more names have also cropped up during the probe and NCB teams would tighten the noose around several other firms in Punjab and Uttarakhand in the near future. They supplied sedative pills to Punjab via various parts of the country.