Sri Vijaya Puram | August 31, 2026
The Campbell Bay Police have arrested a 21-year-old man after allegedly recovering 1.25 grams of methamphetamine hid contained in the handlebar of a motorbike throughout a raid at Campbell Bay on August 30.
According to FIR No. 0028 registered at Police Station Campbell Bay beneath Section 22(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, police obtained credible data that Manilal Ram, a resident of Joginder Nagar, was in possession of methamphetamine.
A workforce comprising SHO Campbell Bay Inspector Mithun Kirtania, together with police personnel PC/1180 Shohil Ismail, PC/1828 Abishek Narayan and PC/1236 Mohd. Shibly, proceeded to the world with an investigation package, drug detection package and digital weighing balance. Two impartial witnesses had been additionally related to the search and seizure proceedings.
The workforce intercepted a motorbike rider recognized as Manilal Ram, son of Sukhi Ram, aged 21 years and employed as a non-public employee. Police knowledgeable him of his authorized rights beneath the NDPS Act and served a written discover beneath Section 50 of the Act. His private search was subsequently carried out within the presence of the SDPO, throughout which no contraband was recovered.
Police then searched the bike and located that the left-side deal with grip was barely unfastened. Upon eradicating the grip, a pouch containing a paper-wrapped crystalline substance was allegedly recovered from contained in the left handlebar. A preliminary take a look at utilizing a Drug Detection Kit reportedly indicated that the substance was methamphetamine. The substance weighed 1.25 grams on an digital weighing balance.
During interrogation, Manilal Ram reportedly acknowledged that the bike belonged to a different individual.
