Heroin Worth Rs 4 Cr seized by Ghazipur Police, Four Drug Traffickers nabbed
Varanasi : In a major anti-narcotics operation on Tuesday, a joint team of SWAT, Surveillance Cell and Jangipur Police arrested four interstate drug traffickers near Arshadpur Tiraha on Varanasi-Gorakhpur highway after 2 kg of heroin worth Rs 4 crore was recovered from them. Police seized 1.904 kg of illegal heroin, worth approximately Rs 4 crore, and four mobile phones from them, said Mishra, adding a case was registered at Jangipur police station under sections of the NDPS Act against them.
Ghazipur’s ASP (City) Rakesh Kumar Mishra said that acting on a tip-off, the joint team of police succeeded in intercepting the members of an inter-state drug peddlers’ gang including Jameer Hawari, Bablu Kumar Yadav, Gulshan Kumar, all from Kaimur Bhabhua in Bihar, and Vivek Yadav of Dildarnagar, Ghazipur. Police are investigating links to identify other associates involved in the network.