In yet another attempt of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to crackdown on the city’s drug peddling network, one officer got dragged for almost 500 metres on a road as he latched on to a moving bike in an attempt to catch hold of three drug peddlers, and got badly injured in the process. However, he managed to arrest one of the peddlers, while the other two escaped. 

According to the NCB, the incident took place at Veera Desai Road in Andheri last Thursday. “We had information about a new gang operating from the western suburbs and had laid a trap to nab them. The peddlers changed three locations and finally agreed to deliver a consignment at Veera Desai Road. They usually don’t do hand-to-hand deliveries after taking online payment. In this case one of our decoy officers was waiting in the car while two had taken cover in the dark,” said Sameer Wankhede, NCB zonal director.