RANJIT SINGH, J

1. Petitioner is facing prosecution for an offence under N.D.P.S.Act with the allegation that he was found in conscious possession of 154.50 Kgs. of charas. The case set up by the petitioner is that he was picked up by N.C.B. officials from Panipat at 4.30 P.M. on 9.2.2005. The petitioner is Israeli National and was implicated by N.C.B. on the basis of a secret information received by Headquarters at Delhi. On the basis of this information, Intensive Surveillance was carried out which revealed that petitioner along with a Czech National and one Narinder Gupta was conspiring to smuggle out a huge consignment of charas. On 9.2.2005, a secret information was received by one Intelligence Officer Ravi Kant Pawar that the petitioner along with his co-accused were suspected to be hiding in Plot No.653, Industrial Area, Phase-1, Chandigarh. Mr.Ravi Kant Pawar constituted a team and reached the said plot at about 2.00 P.M. in the after-noon. It is then that the petitioner and his co-accused were apprehended with 154.50 Kgs. of charas. The petitioner and his co-accused were accordingly arrested. The petitioner accordingly is facing prosecution.

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