In a major breakthrough STF Bhopal has seized massive consignment of Opium on Monday from three persons who were involved in drug trafficking and would bring drugs from West Bengal to sell in the state; consignment would fetch Rs 1 crore in International Market.
The action was taken after receiving a tip off regarding three persons carrying Opium at Nadra bus stand on Monday and acting swiftly STF swung into action.
After the three were detained and their belongings were searched around 1 kg refined powder of Opium was found which is used to make Brown Sugar, Herioine and Smack like highly hallucinogenic drugs and are highly priced.
The nabbed accused were identified as Deepak Lodha (24), Ahmed Hussain alias Naaru(32) and Nahar Sayeed (26). Deepak is a resident of Ratlam while Ahmed and Nahar are residents of Mandsaur.
After the initial investigation The three have been booked under NDPS Act and further investigation has been started .The source of the drugs and their scheduled delivery to the customer in the city and nearby areas would be probed..
During the investigation nabbed accused confessed that they used to bring drugs from Malda district of West Bengal and would sell in Mandsaur, Neemuch and Chittorgarh of Rajasthan and nearby areas and visited the state capital in search of new customers for selling the drugs.
The accused are involved in drug trafficking for long which they have confessed in the investigation. Police have found that the route from West Bengal is new channel which has been used by drug peddlers.