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Mohali police on Thursday arrested a resident of Uttar Pradesh and recovered 1 kilo of opium from his possession at Handesra town.
Police claimed that the accused — identified as Akash Maurya, a a resident of Subash Nagar in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh — was on his way to Chandigarh to supply the opium when he was stopped and arrested from near Jaula Chowk in Handesra.
According to the police, a team, led by Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Om Parkash, stationed near Jaula Chowk noticed a man was coming from Lalru side and was carrying a bag. The man, the polcie team found, was behaving in a suspicious manner.
“We stopped him on the basis of suspicion. On checking, 1 kg of opium was found from his bag,” a police officer said.
A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) was registered against the accused at Handesra police station.
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