Opium worth ₹1.15 cr seized in Bihar’s Gaya district

• The authorities confiscated opium worth 1.15 cr
• Police found a twelve-wheel truck parked in an abandoned place outside the village
• A case under IPC and NDPS Act has been registered against the unknown smugglers and the driver

On Wednesday evening, the authorities confiscated opium worth 1.15 cr.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ashish Bharti said the police received information about narcotics smugglers who loaded a huge quantity of Doda poppy (digging poppy heads) on a truck near Pachama village and were to take it to Jharkhand during the night.

The police found a twelve-wheel truck parked in an abandoned place outside the village. According to the police, the smugglers and the truck driver escaped.

The truck with a Jharkhand registration plate loaded with 112 bags of Doda. A truck with a Jharkhand registration plate loaded with 112 bags of Doda weighing 2,300 kg was seized.

A case under Section 416 of the IPC and Sections 18, 20 and 22 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the unknown smugglers and the driver, SSP Bharti said.