4 held, medicine value Rs 5 crore seized in joint operation by NCB and SSB
Lucknow: 4 drug smugglers have been arrested and narcotics value Rs 5 crore have been seized in a joint operation performed by Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
In keeping with a senior officer from NCB Lucknow, the joint group, in collaboration with the twenty second Battalion of the SSB, intercepted a Mahindra Scorpio car with registration quantity BR 22 P 1255 at Sonauli in Maharajganj, primarily based on intelligence gathered over the previous two days.
Roughly 72 kg of charas was seized from the car and 4 people concerned within the smuggling operation have been arrested, stated senior NCB officers. The arrested people have been recognized as Nabi Hasan, Guddu Yadav and Seema Devi, all residents of Bihar, together with Rani Devi from Kushinagar.
Sources inside the NCB stated that the smugglers have been transporting the consignment to Delhi and deliberate to distribute it to varied components of India. It was additional disclosed that the narcotics have been obtained from Nepal at a considerably lower cost.
“They initially meant to enter Bihar however because of poor street circumstances there, they diverted their route via Uttar Pradesh, the place they have been intercepted,” added the NCB sources. They stated that the consignment was picked up from Kathmandu.
NCB Lucknow zone director, Prashant Srivastava emphasised the company’s willpower to accentuate efforts in opposition to drug trafficking, particularly in gentle of the upcoming basic elections, to keep up public security and safety.
