Tarun Karthick
Port Blair, 27 September 2022
A team of PS Diglipur headed by Inspr. Stalin N.S, SHO PS Diglipur, SI Deepti Minj, HC(IRBn)/465 Santosh Nair, PC/2826 Devsai Toppo, PC/715 Santosh Lal, PC/2116 Abubacker Siddique, PC/2432 Sushil Sarkar, PC/2565 Samaresh Mistry, PC/971 Samir Halder, PC(D)/3049 Mritunjoy Das & Mr. Michael Raj Xalxo, Ex-Home Guard have proved their mettle once again.
On 25.09.2022, credible information was received that one auto driver is carrying illicit ganja in R.K Gram area and is going for delivering it to someone. Acting swiftly the team came into action and intercepted the auto driver near the Kalpong river bridge. Seeing the Police party the auto driver threw a packet into Kalpong river and tried to escape from the spot. Some of the team members jumped into the river and recovered the packet after swimming for around two kilometres in Kalpong river and the remaining team members chased & apprehended the auto driver.
The recovered packet having illicit ganja weighed around 1.2 kgs. On interrogation, the Auto Driver revealed the name of a receiver who is an STS Bus driver. Thereafter, the team went in search of the said receiver. The team searched the house of the receiver and recovered some packing material, a weighing scale and approximately 201 gm of ganja. In total 1.4 Kgs of ganja was recovered. Accordingly, 02 FIRs were registered at PS Diglipur under NDPS Act and both the accused persons were arrested.
The N & M Andaman District Police is following a policy of zero tolerance towards any organised crime. The general public has been requested to pass and share any credible information pertaining to any crime or illegal activities to their nearest police station or over phone No.100, 112 & 03192-273344. Police informed that the identity of the informers will be kept secret and the informers will also be suitably rewarded.