The Charhi police of Hazaribag district have seized three kg of opium from a motorcycle during the checking drive on Ranchi-Patna road. The value of the seized opium is in crores of rupees in the International market.
Hazaribag Superintendent of Police Manoj Rattan Chothey said that the district police received a message from unknown persons that two persons are carrying the opium in the motorcycle to sell in the market.
On this information the Charhi police was directed to conduct a checking drive on Ranchi-Patna road. When a motorcycle rider saw the police he tried to run away from there. The police team chased the motorcycle and caught two persons.
When the police started checking the motorcycle they found a packet in the dickey of the motorcycle. When they opened the packet, they found opium in the packet.
The police arrested both the persons. The names of the arrested persons are Anil Kumar and Miku Kumar Yadav. Both are residents of Itkhori block of the Chatra district. The arrested persons confessed that they were going to sell it in the market.
The Police team also seized the motorcycle and two mobile sets from them. The Charhi police sent them to jail after registering a case in the police station.