In a major drug bust, Haryana Police seized over 505 kg ‘doda post’, 2 kg 962 gram opium, and more than 265 kg ganja leaf (cannabis) being smuggled in trucks from Bhiwani and Nuh districts.
- Haryana Police seizes 505 kg ‘doda post’, 265 kg ‘ganja leaf’
- Chandigarh, July 25 – In a major drug bust, Haryana Police seized over 505 kg ‘doda post’, 2 kg 962 gram opium, and more than 265 kg ganja leaf (cannabis) being smuggled in trucks from Bhiwani and Nuh districts. Four people – three from Haryana and one from Punjab – have been arrested so far in the case.
- Giving this information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that in the first incident, a police team during patrolling and checking near bus adda Nimdiwala got a tip-off that a huge quantity of narcotic substances was being brought from Dadri side in a truck. Acting swiftly, police started checking vehicles intensively by putting a Naka near a dhaba and intercepted a truck coming from Dadri side. When searched, 2 kg 962 grams of opium was recovered. After a thorough check, police also recovered 34 plastic bags weighing 505 kg 738-gram doda post hidden in between 800 pulses bags packed in the truck.
- Primary probe reveals that seized contraband was to be supplied in Uttar Pradesh. The arrested driver and cleaner were given Rs 20,000 to 30,000 separately for bringing a consignment of drugs per round. Arrested accused were identified as Paramjit Singh alias Kala of Ambala and Baldev Singh of Mohali.
- In the second incident, Police seized 265 kg 400 gram of ganja leaf (cannabis) in Nuh district and arrested two accused in this connection. The seized contraband was transported in a truck bearing Rajasthan registration number from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh via Nuh.
- After getting a secret input about the large quantity of drug being brought from Uttar Pradesh, a police team established a naka and apprehended two persons inside the truck and seized 265 kg 400 gram drug.
- The arrested accused has been identified as Saleem and Akhlaq, both residents of Gurnawat in Nuh district.
- Cases have been registered against the accused under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. A detailed investigation is underway, he added.
- In a separate case, sleuths of Crime Investigation Agency in Rohtak had seized 10 kg 130-gram ganja from the possession of a Bihar resident identified as Mukeshdas.
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