Mohali, October 12
The Phase 1 police arrested a youth for possessing 500 gm of marijuana (charas) late last night. The suspect has been identified as Ashish Thakur (29), a resident of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.
He was produced before a local court today, which sent him to three-day police remand. Ashish was stopped by the police at a barricade near the new ISBT chowk in Mohali last night. During checking, 68 tablets of marijuana weighing 500 gm, were recovered from him.
Inspector Manphul Singh said, “The suspect has revealed that he used to purchase marijuana from Himachal and sell it to the youth in the tricity.” A case was registered against the suspect under the NDPS Act. — TNS
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