NCB nabs 6 with 724 kgs of opium in Surat
June 16, 2022
Surat: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested six persons in Surat and sized 724 kgs of opium. Of the six arrested, two are from Odisha and four are Surat locals. A truck and a car in which the accused had come to take delivery of have also been seized.
This is believed to be the biggest seizure of opium ever. The NCB has initiated investigations into the matter which has revealed the complicity of other local mafia elements too.
The truck was to be unloaded in the wee hours of the morning at 3.30 am near Lajpor chokdi. Arun Tinas Gowda, Farukh Chand Shaikh, his son Sabir and the son of Farukh’s sister-in-law, Shakil Mohammed Shaikh had arrived in a Duster car to take delivery of the consignment. All four have been arrested.
The police had already been alerted and arranged a close watch at Lajpor chokdi and arrested Hemraj Bhikhan Thakre and Farhan Thakre from the truck. DeshGujarat
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