Mandsaur Police, on Sunday, arrested an opium smuggler with 65 kg of opium worth 6.5 crores.
Mandsaur,UPDATED: Nov 28, 2022 05:59 IST
This is Mandsaur police’s biggest action against opium smugglers so far.
By Ravish Pal Singh, Aakash Chauhan: In a big move to attack the interstate drug cartel, Mandsaur police arrested an interstate drug smuggler and seized 65 kg of opium worth Rs 6.5 crores. This is Mandsaur Police’s biggest action against opium smugglers so far.
Mandsaur SP Anurag Sujania said that the police got information through an informer that a 10 wheeler truck RJ43GA5582 carrying bamboo was coming towards Mandsaur. The truck driver is a vicious smuggler from Jodhpur, who is carrying illegal opium in large quantities by making space in the cabin of his truck along different routes from the North East about 3000 km away from many states.
The police got the information that he had been doing drug business for many years, but till date the police could not arrest him. After getting the information, the police barricaded the number 10 block on the Mhow-Neemuch highway. On seeing the truck coming, the police team tried to stop it. The smuggler tried to run away, but due to the tight blockade, he was caught along with the truck. The police searched his truck intensively.
They then found 13 packets of 65 kg of illegal opium wrapped with tape in the cabin under the seat behind the driver’s seat, which were duly seized from the possession of accused Shravan Kumar, a resident of the district of Jodhpur. The accused was arrested.
Accused Shravan Kumar told the police during interrogation that he had been doing business of selling opium illegally in large quantities from the North East region and to Rajasthan for several years/
The truck from which opium was being brought also belonged to Shravan Kumar. The said opium has been brought from Imphal (Manipur) and was scheduled to take to Jodhpur. In the past, the accused had also been bringing opium from the North East by making different schemes.
In the year 2019, an Innova car was caught at Daloda Mandsaur station. At that time, the said accused Shravan Kumar had fled from the spot
