A court in Barabanki has sentenced two drug traffickers to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment each in a 2017 case involving the seizure of 340 grams of heroin and 160 grams of ganja, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said, ANI reported on October 22.

Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat

The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Barabanki, delivered the sentence on Monday, October 19, according to an NCB press release issued on Wednesday, the report said. The convicted persons were identified as Shakeel and Rampyari, both residents of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.

Devdiscourse and the Indian Economic Observer, carrying the same NCB release, reported the same sentence, the same seizure quantities and the same court, confirming the details across outlets.

Source: Devdiscourse (ANI)

A 2017 railway-station seizure

The case dates back to May 27, 2017, when the NCB's Lucknow Zonal Unit seized 340 grams of heroin and 160 grams of ganja from black bags at Barabanki Railway Station, the NCB said. According to the NCB, the two were travelling on the Avadh Assam Express and were getting off the train at Barabanki when the contraband was recovered from their possession.

The investigation revealed that the drugs had been transported from Dimapur in Nagaland to Barabanki, the release stated. The NCB said the prosecution sought strict punishment, highlighting the seriousness of drug trafficking and its harmful impact on society, and that after examining the evidence the court found both guilty and sentenced them to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.