Bihar: Charas worth Rs 50 seized, 3 held in Gopalganj

PATNA: Police seized 265kg of charas from a pickup van near Balthari checkpost on NH-28 in Gopalganj district on Sunday morning. The consignment kept inside a secret compartment in the van is estimated to be worth Rs50 crore in international market, Kuchaikot police station SHO Ashwani Kumar Tiwari said. Three persons from Nepal, who were travelling in the van, were arrested.
They were identified as Prakash Kumar Kurmi and Vicky Kumar Srivastava of Ranighat and Vinay Kumar Sahni of Madhwal, all in Parsa district of Nepal.
“Police, on receiving intelligence input that a drug consignment is to be smuggled from Nepal via Gopalganj, started strict vehicle checking at several locations in the district,” the SHO said.
Tiwari said the pickup van was intercepted around 7am on Sunday. “During checking and verification, police found that the registration number of the van was actually of a tractor,” he said.
He said when the vehicle was thoroughly checked, the consignment was found hidden in a compartment between the driver’s cabin and the carriage section. He said the consignment was to be delivered at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh via Gorakhpur.
“Vinay was the owner of the consignment. It was to be delivered to another drug smuggler at Bareilly,” he said.