Haryana: 3 interstate drug peddlers arrested with 1.28 quintal doda post, 7.5 kg opium
Chandigarh, June 18 – Haryana Police on Friday foiled an attempt to push drugs into the state from Jharkhand and seized 1.28 quintal of doda post and over 7.5 kg opium concealed in a truck under rice bags in Karnal district.
Giving this information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that the crackdown was made during a joint operation of the sleuths of Crime Investigation Agency and Special Task Force (STF) Ambala.
Primary probe revealed that accused had brought rice bags from Ranchi in Jharkhand in their truck and they had to unload these rice bags to Ambala. Taking advantage of this, they bought opium and doda post from Ranchi at cheap prices and hid them in the middle of rice bags. The accused had to supply this consignment to different places in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh at exorbitant prices.
Acting on credible information about smuggling of narcotics in a truck coming from Uttar Pradesh side, a joint team of CIA and STF intercepted the vehicle from Meerut road in Karnal district. When searched, the team found eight bags of ‘Doda Post’ (1.28 quintal) and 7 kg 530 gram opium in a plastic bag hidden behind rice bags.
The accused have been identified as Rajat, Kuldeep Singh and Gurmeet.
A case under NDPS Act has been registered against the accused and further probe to find out the chain of drug peddling is underway.
