Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Chandigarh and Haryana Police have recovered 29 kgs of opium in Haryana’s Sirsa district. A spokesperson said that the operation was conducted jointly with Special Task Force of IGP office, Hisar, Haryana led by Inspector Jeet Singh and SI Arjun Singh SHO City Sirsa. Two persons, Sukhbir Singh alias Sukha, son of Baldev Singh and his younger brother lakhbir Singh, both residents of Sirsa were apprehended.
16 kgs of opium was recovered in the operation and further follow up yielded 13 kgs of opium. Further investigations to unearth properties are being undertaken. The source is diversion from illicit opium produced from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan opium growing belt, said the spokesperson. The duo were dealing in opium and other contraband and were involved in selling the same to their various customers in Sirsa, Dabwali and Punjab. There are already cases registered against Sukhbir Singh alias Sukha. NCB team was led by Kudeep Sharma, Superintendent, IO’s Virender Singh and Vinay Singh along with support staff, he added.