Drug and fake currency are now on the radar of the police in Palamu. First the drug. The most common one is the heroin. And in this poverty stricken Palamu women are driven in its clandestine operation.
According to DSP Ajay Kumar police in Daltonganj are on the hunt of a woman identified as Zubaida Begum who is alleged to be a drug operator here. Two drug pedlars identified as Umesh and Shaman both in their forties have been caught and jailed on March 12 Wednesday for possessing 90 grams of substance appeared to be heroin as the substance recovered from them would be clinically examined and tested first by the FSl Ranchi added Ajay Kumar. However, cases under psychotropic substance act has already been invoked against these two who said Ajay looked not only a pedlar but a drug addict too.
The seized substance may be worth 4 to 5 lakhs of rupees in the hidden drug market in India said the DSP. The duo was caught when police in a decoy presented themselves as a customer. The drugs come from Bihar and Up here said the DSP. These 90 grams of heroin that were seized were recovered from the two Umesh and Shaman who had hidden it in their socks.
The police in Palamu are also on the lookout for any FICN (Fake Indian Currency Note). As it is poll times FICN may reach place like Palamu where poverty stalks too enormous and voters can be won over by any green leaf. Chhaterpur in Palamu has a notoriety for FICN in the past as this block is right on NH 98. Another block Harihurganj is too on NH 98. Well connected blocks /markets are prone to FICN racket said a source.