Three of family caught with Rs 10 cr narcotics; ran a racket
Lucknow, July 15 -- Three people of a family and a relative of theirs were arrested after they were found to be in possession of narcotic drugs worth Rs 10.29 crore, in Lucknow, the state police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) unit said on Monday.
It added that the family was running a drug racket, and it was one of the major narcotic busts in the city in recent times. The people who were arrested in coordination with Thakurganj police were identified as Shravan Kumar Nishad, 65, his son Ayush Nishad, 20, Neha Nishad, 24, who's the wife of his elder son Shravan, and relative Sulfiyan, 20, from Wazirbagh.
The arrests in the Rautghat locality of the city were made on Sunday morning. "The entire family was running the business. Materials were brought from Barabanki and sold in their house. One more family member is on the run, and he will be nabbed soon," said Thukurganj SHO Shrikant Rai.
ANTF said 1.015 kg of morphine, 252 grams of charas, 5.5 kg of ganja, and 6 grams of MDMA (mephedrone) were recovered from the accused. A sum of Rs.79,530 in cash, a 100 Euro note, four mobile phones, and a Swift Dzire car were also seized from them.
"The family was operating as a cohesive drug distribution unit, sourcing and selling high-value narcotics across state lines. The involvement of three members from a single household shocked investigators and raised concerns over evolving patterns in the drug trade where trusted family links are being used to reduce risk and avoid detection," said the SHO.
According to the SHO, an FIR under sections 8, 20, 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act has been filed. Further investigation was underway to identify the source network and possible interstate links, he added....
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