Chandigarh : In a serious crackdown on narcotics smuggling, Sirsa Police, in coordination with Rajasthan Police, seized almost 88 kg 970 grams of opium valued at round ₹4.50 crore in an interstate operation and arrested a truck driver linked to the consignment.
In keeping with officers, the joint group of Thana Ding Police and Rajasthan Police carried out a car test close to a toll plaza on NH-9. An in depth search of the car revealed specifically fabricated hidden compartments made utilizing iron angles within the decrease part of the truck. The police recovered 95 packets of opium from these hid cavities. Officers additionally seized ₹40,000 in money from the accused.
The arrested driver has been recognized as Kishna Ram, son of Chhoga Ram, a resident of Bishnoyian Ki Dhani in Bhania, Tehsil Ranawas, District Pali in Rajasthan. Preliminary interrogation revealed that the consignment was allegedly procured from the Siliguri area of West Bengal and was being transported to Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Police suspect the involvement of a wider interstate trafficking community.
A case has been registered below the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Thana Ding. The accused shall be produced earlier than a court docket and brought on police remand for additional interrogation to hint backwards and ahead linkages within the drug provide chain.
Haryana Director Common of Police Ajay Singhal appreciated the joint operation and mentioned the seizure had dealt a big blow to inter-state drug trafficking networks. He reiterated that below the state governments zero-tolerance coverage in direction of medicine, the police drive is working with a spotlight not solely on arrests however on dismantling all the narcotics ecosystem.
He additional mentioned coordinated inter-state operations, intelligence inputs, and technical surveillance are being strengthened to accentuate motion towards drug traffickers working throughout state borders below the management of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
