Police conduct search operation in Yerawada jail
Pune,
Nov
14:The
police
carried
out
a
search
operation
in
the
Yerawada
central
prison
here
today
to
detect
whether
any
narcotic
and
other
drugs
were
allegedly
being
supplied
to
the
convicts
lodged
there
for
various
crimes.
The sources in the police control room said acting on a specific information that illegal drug peddling is rampant in the jail, a squad of 160 policemen, including one DCP, three ACPs, six PIs, 30 PSIs and 120 constables, searched the prison for nearly four hours but the operation did not yield any result.
Six months before, the police had carried out a similar operation in the prison but without any finding, sources added.
UNI
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Story first published: Thursday, November 15, 2007, 10:13 [IST]