Sikkim Sub-inspector caught selling drugs

GANGTOK

Sikkim police on December 18, busted a drug consignment worth ₹14 lakh, from Samdong in East Sikkim.

Police sources informed that a sub-inspector was one of the key felicitators in bringing drugs to the state, along with four other peddlers.

The seized consignment included 23,184 Spasmo-Proxyvon capsules, 576 files of the same drug, and 100 files of N10 capsules amounting to over 2,000 capsules. Apart from the pharmaceutical drugs, 52 gm of brown sugar and 457 bottles of cough syrup.

“The consignment was first intercepted by police at Rangpo border crossing later being caught at Samdong in East Sikkim,” police sources said.

The arrested police official will be presented in the court and a departmental enquiry would be initiated soon, said police authorities.

(Edited by Gabriel Momin)