The police arrested four persons engaged in illegal business of opium in lohardaga.
According to the SP Karthik S, “On a tip off some persons are coming from Balumath towards likaiya Champi road with heavy quantity of opium. After that a team was set up included the SDPO Arvind Kumar Verma, Kuru thana-in-charge Sudhir Prasad Sahu. The police personnel’s started to keep strict eye upon every person at lukaiya Mor.
The police caught two bikes mounting two persons in each in suspicion. They recovered the opium from both of them kept in plastic container.”
As many as 7 kg of opium was recovered. A case was lodged in Kuru Thana. The arrested persons were recognized as Mokhtar Khan Son of Mahiuddin Khan, Jagdev Oraon son of Sanichar Oraon, Sagar Oraon son of budhu Oraon from Vishunpur and Rajendra Bhagat son of Manilal Bhagat from Balumath district latehar.
The police also recovered a hero Honda bearing no registration number and a TVS motorcycle bearing the registration number 19 JH 9896 and a mobile phone, told the SP.