Pune police arrest peddler, seize 2 kg of Nepal-sourced charas worth Rs 24 lakh
Pune city police's Anti-Narcotics Cell arrested a suspected peddler on the road to Pandharstal village near Uruli Kanchan and seized 2 kg of charas. Officers valued the contraband, allegedly brought from Nepal, at more than Rs 24 lakh in the illegal market.
🇮🇳 Pandharstal village, Uruli Kanchan, Pune, Maharashtra · India
The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Pune city police arrested a suspected drug peddler
and seized2 kg of charas from him.[1]The suspect was identified as Pappu
Ansari, also known as Ranga Pardeshi and Aurangzeb.[1]Officers acted on a
tip-off that a peddler would arrive in the Uruli Kanchan area with a large
quantity of charas and intercepted him on the route to Pandharstal village.[1]Charas is the cannabis resin often called hash, made by processing material from
the cannabis plant.[1]
Police valued the seized charas at more than Rs 24 lakh in the illegal market.[1]An officer from the cell said the investigation showed the suspect had
obtained the charas from Nepal and was about to sell it to peddlers in Pune.[1]The same officer said police had started an inquiry into the suspect’s
supply and distribution network.[1]
Officials said the suspect was already wanted in a narcotics smuggling case
registered at Yerawada police station in February of the previous year.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only one account of the operation could be opened; no police statement or second outlet report was found.
The article gives no separate date for the interception; the archive story was published on 5 March 2023, which is used as the incident date.
The article does not state the offences registered, any charge sheet or any court outcome.
The value of more than Rs 24 lakh is the police's estimate of the illegal-market price, not a sale price.
No plant or area figures apply to this case.
The article separately reports a January 2023 case in which two suspects were arrested with over 1.8 kg of charas; it is a different event and is left out.
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