Youth gets 7 years in jail for carrying drugs

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18

A 28-year-old Dadu Majra resident has been sentenced to seven-year imprisonment for possessing 3 gm of heroin and 20 banned injections. Jony, the convict, has also been asked to pay Rs 72,000 as fine by the court.

According to the FIR in the case, Jony had disclosed that he sold the injections at Rs 250 per pair to addicts and heroin at Rs 4,900 per gm. He was arrested on March 3, 2017, by the Maloya police, who had set up a naka near the Dadu Majra stadium to check crimes such as theft and snatching. 

Around 7 pm, they saw Jony coming from the garbage dumping ground side. However, on seeing the naka, he turned back and started walking away. He had a carry bag in his hand and the police suspected that he could have some stolen articles in his hand. He was stopped and asked what was in the carry bag, but he could not give a satisfactory reply.

Upon checking, the police found 10 injections of pheniramine meleate and 10 injections of buprenorphine. While being questioned by the police, he tried to take out a packet from his pocket and throw it away. However, one of the policemen caught hold of it and checked it. It contained a white powder and upon being asked, Jony told them that it was heroin.

The police arrested Jony under Sections 21 and 22 of the NDPS Act.