The ANTF Bareilly unit in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has arrested a suspect while taking action against drug trafficking. The arrested suspect is Jabbar Khan, a resident of Mohanpur village in the Faridpur police station area. The team apprehended him in front of a hospital in the Mirganj police station area. According to police, heroin was recovered from the suspect, with the drug value estimated at approximately ₹26 million (approximately ₹26 million). A mobile phone and ₹1,200 were also recovered from the suspect.
The accused was preparing to go to Dehradun with the consignment.
Jabbar Khan, the accused arrested in Bareilly, revealed during interrogation by the ANTF that he, along with his brother, illegally supplies heroin. The two would purchase heroin at a low price and then deliver it to various individuals in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. On the day of his arrest, Jabbar was preparing to travel to Dehradun with a consignment of heroin. According to the police, Jabbar was passing through the area carrying the drugs when the ANTF team received information about him. The team surrounded him and stopped him in front of a hospital in the Mirganj area. A search revealed heroin. He was subsequently detained and interrogated. Based on the information revealed during the interrogation, the police are now gathering information about Jabbar’s brother and his contacts. The ANTF is trying to determine where the accused purchased heroin and which districts, outside of Bareilly, he supplied it to. Police are also investigating his contacts in Dehradun. The accused had visited Dehradun 20 to 25 times.
1 kg 300 grams of illegal heroin was recovered from the accused.
In this case, Superintendent of Police (SP) Anshika Verma stated that on September 4, 2026, a joint operation by the Mirganj police station and the ANTF unit in Bareilly arrested a habitual drug trafficker named Jabbar Khan. 1 kg 300 grams of illegal smack (heroin) was recovered from him, with an international value of ₹26 million (26 million rupees). A mobile phone and ₹1,200 were also recovered from him. It is also noteworthy that he had been continuously operating in this area; approximately 25 to 30 times this month, he had gone to Dehradun to supply illegal smack to other traffickers. Jabbar Khan has been arrested and sent to jail, and further legal action is being taken in this regard.
