In two separate cases, 20 kg of opium worth Rs 66 lakh was seized in Chandigarh by a team of Narcotics Control Bureau following a tip off. The team set up trap at two different places and successfully laid their hands on the culprits.
On Tuesday evening, the NCB team laid a trap and when a Ford Car bearing Delhi number took a turn near the Kisan Bhawan here, the team was alerted following which Raj Adhikari the driver was stopped for checking.
In the process the police recovered 6.600 kg of opium, worth Rs 19,80,00 in the international market. The car and the driver of the car have been taken into custody for further questioning. However the driver has confessed of purchasing the seized opium from Assam and was heading towards Himachal Pradesh for supplying it, said sources.
“The accused has been arrested earlier also for supplying contraband in Goa and Kullu region, where he formed a nexus of drug peddlers to take his business further,” said NCB officials.
In another case, the NCB sleuths seized 15.400 kg of opium from a Maruti-800 car near Dhillon Cinema Hall, Manimajra. The officials acted promptly following a tip-off and have arrested two persons Roop Singh, 46 and Pawan Kumar, 41.
The opium seized from the possession of these two persons is worth Rs 46,20,000 in the international market. NCB sources said that further probe are being carried out because the accused have been working with a sarpanch and attempts are being made to reach that person. PNS