Narcotics cell of Madhya Pradesh police has in Mandsaur seized 1100 Kg of poppy husk worth Rs 22 lakh in the action in the past two days and under State wide special ‘Prahar and Pratikar’ aimed to curb drug trafficking and create public awareness on illegal drug trade.
Police said that the Narcotics cell Mandsaur led the search which was instructed and monitored by AGD Narcotics Branch Ajay Sharma and IG Narcotics Wing Indore GG Pandey.
The action was taken on Wednesday and Thursday. Superintendent of Police Narcotics Cell Mandsaur Meena Chauhan said that based on the information received on Thursday, the Narcotics police team checked a tractor- trolley without registration number near Soni-Roopani road under Mhow-Neemuch highway Bridge and recovered 300 kg of poppy husk worth about Rs 6 lakh were recovered after searching the tractor trolley. The case has been registered under NDPS Act. The driver of the tractor identified as Ramnivas has been arrested and further investigation has been started.
In similar manner on Wednesday acting on information a truck filled with Onion sacks at Sabakheda road was stopped by the Narcotics team for investigation and when it was checked 40 bags weighing 800 kg carrying poppy husk were found. The value of the seized poppy husk is around Rs 16 lakh. At the time of checking of the truck driver escaped taking advantage of darkness.
Police have started search for the absconding accused. The registration number of the truck would be used to find the whereabouts of the accused driver.