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Mumbai: Around 10 kg of opium that was being transported from Ratlam to Mumbai was seized, and four accused were arrested in connection with the case, officials said on Friday.
The arrest was made by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials based on a tip-off. The DRI team intercepted the suspected truck near a toll plaza in Maharashtra.
Based on specific intelligence that opium, a narcotic drug, was being transported from Ratlam to Mumbai in substantial quantities in a truck, officers of DRI Mumbai mounted surveillance overnight near the toll plaza in Maharashtra and intercepted the said truck in the early hours of October 9, the DRI started.
Upon searching the suspected truck, the officials recovered 9690 grammes (9.69 kg) of a substance purported to be opium. A test with an NDPS field test kit confirmed the presence of opium in the recovered substances.
Following this, the receiver and supplier were apprehended in Mumbai and Ratlam, respectively. Subsequently, the cultivator who diverted opium illegally was also apprehended in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.
A total of 9690 ounces of opium were seized, and 4 people were arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985, according to DRI.
“The operation reinforces the capabilities of the DRI to bust drug trafficking networks, the DRI said in a press release”.
