A Special Court in Ahmedabad has handed down a 15-year rigorous imprisonment sentence to two drug traffickers and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each in a 2019 case involving the possession of 3.983 kg of charas, as per a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official. The convicted individuals, Malek Shirin Bano, aged 40, and Firoj Khan Pathan, aged 48, were found guilty by the Bharuch Additional District and Sessions Court under the NDPS Act, 1985.
Malek Shirin Bano, a resident of Bharuch, and Firoj Khan Pathan, from Dariyapur in Ahmedabad, were apprehended at Bharuch Railway Station on October 12, 2019, upon their arrival via the Paschim Express. Both were caught in possession of 3.983 kg of charas, which was seized in the presence of witnesses as per NCB’s statement. The court filed a complaint against them on April 7, 2020, for violations of specific sections of the NDPS Act, 1985.
The NCB highlighted the successful prosecution and investigation by the NCB Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, emphasizing the importance of delivering justice to safeguard communities from the harmful effects of drug abuse. In a separate incident, a drug trafficker was sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 2 lakh in a mephedrone smuggling case from 2023, as reported by an NCB official. Mohammad Irfan Usmangani Saiyad, a resident of Kalupur in Ahmedabad, was convicted by an Additional Sessions Judge in Ahmedabad for the possession of mephedrone and charas at Kalupur Railway Station in February 2023.
