Port Blair, Dec 20: Acting on a specific intelligence input received from reliable source, Police team from Narcotic Cell of CID Unit consisting of SI M.A Rasheed, Head Constable Sanjay Kujur, Constables K.Rajendran & Raja Rao intercepted two persons namely Kamal Das S/o Late Jeevan Das R/o Kamrajnagar & Sujit Biswas S/o Shri Ravi Biswas R/o Calicut at VSI Airport who had arrived at Port Blair from Kolkata on 19/12/2022 by flight. During checking of their personnel belongings, 12 bottles of Codeine base syrup, 200 tablets of Nitrazepam (0.5 mg), 50 tablets of Nitrazepam (10 mg), 75 tablets of Alprazolam (0.5 mg) and 915 grams of Ganja which was clandestinely concealed in the bags were seized and accused persons were arrested observing all codal formalities.

A case under relevant sections of NDPS Act-1985 has been registered at PS CCS and investigation is being carried out.  The general public is requested to inform about any credible information pertaining to sale or possession of contrabands or any other illegal activity on the following telephone numbers- 100, 232586, 233307, 9474290250. The identity of the informer will be kept secret.