The police arrested two smugglers for bringing poppy straw to sell it in the city. Two bikes were also recovered from them. The cost of the captured poppy is stated to be Rs2 lakh.
The Janakganj police said that an informer tipped that some persons are trying to
sell poppy.
Acting on the information, the police started checking of the vehicles at Ram Das Ghati. After some time, the police saw the two youth on bike with sacks. When the police checked sacks, they found poppy in them.
The police immediately arrested the youths, Naresh Shakya and Jitendra Chauhan. The police said the 1007-kg poppy has been recovered from them costing Rs2 lakh. The police recovered two bikes with MPO7 MB 6740 and MPO7 MU 7255 registration numbers.
The poppy is mostly sold on the dhabas operating on highway including Charshaher ka naka, Gadaipura, Sagartal, Rairu, Dabra road, Gash mandi, Kila gate and Sanjay Nagar.
According to sources, the poppy is brought from Itawa, Orai, Jalon (UP) from Dholpur. TI Janakganj Rajkumar Sharma said that two smugglers were arrested last night with poppy costing Rs2 lakh.
A case has been registered against him and their interrogation has been arrested.
In another incident, the police arrested five wine smugglers from different police stations. They include Sachine Sharma with 15 bottle of beer, Tinku Chouhan with two bottle of wine, Kamal Tomar with 18 quarters, Dharmendra Yadav with 22 bottles and Kamal Kishore Shivhare with 22 quarters worth Rs13,000.