Man nabbed with 3800 strips of banned drug tablet in Panchkula

Panchkula August 20The Crime Branch of the Panchkula police has arrested a person carrying 3800 strips of Lomotil tablet near the Sector 20 light point here around 430 pm on Thursday The strips contained a total of 228 lakh tablets said the policeThe suspect has been identified as Krishan Kumar a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh He used to sell the banned drug tablets in Mandawala PinjoreA police official said We spotted the suspect near the Sector 20 light point around 415 pm He was carrying two bags and a backpack He became nervous on seeing the police He hastily picked up his bags and started walkingOn the basis of suspicion the police caught him and questioned him about his whereabouts and the bags The police checked his bags and recovered strips of Lomotil tabletThe police called the District Drugs Control Officer on the spot On the basis of his report the police booked the suspect under Section 22 of the NDPS ActHe was today produced in a court which sent him to five-day police remand TNS