North India Statesman
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Palamu, March 29 (Hindustan Reporter) In view of the Lok Sabha elections, the campaign to stop buying, selling and smuggling of drugs has been intensified. In the same sequence, 4.40 kg opium was recovered by taking action in the forest of Apti (Mitar) of Manatu police station area of the district. Apart from this, 160 kg of Doda, 19 thousand rupees, motorcycle, mobile and scales etc. were recovered. In this connection, the police have arrested two people involved in buying and selling. Everyone has been sent to jail on Friday.
The police had received secret information that doda was being dried in the forest of Apti (Mitar) of Manatu police station area and some traders were going to come to buy opium and doda. To take action on the information, under the leadership of Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Lesliganj Manoj Kumar Jha, Pt. Santosh Kumar Gupta and Rajesh Kumar, Pt. Turam Purti and Mitar Picket in-charge Wahid Khan etc. took action.
Three persons were seen buying and selling something near the middle school located in Apti (Mitar). Seeing the police coming, everyone started running. They were caught, but one person managed to escape. The arrested persons were identified as Pradeep Sao (38 years), Bahera, police station Pipratad and Ganesh Singh (55 years), Apti Manatu. The person who fled has been identified as Kuldeep Ganjhu. He is a resident of Barhamanda, Kunda, Chatra. All of them have been in the business of selling opium for a long time.
When the bag hanging on the handle of the motorcycle was searched, two cans of sticky and liquid substance were found in the bag, the color and smell of which revealed that the said substance was opium. The arrested person also informed about having opium. 2.220 kg opium was found in one can and 01.820 kg opium was found in the other. However, later when the recovered opium was tested with DD kit, the material recovered in both the cans was found to be opium only.
Ganesh Singh, who was caught during interrogation, told that Kuldeep Ganjhu has hidden Doda in Apti forest, which is planned to be sold when the buyer arrives. Ganesh informed that out of the two canes, one can filled with opium belongs to Kuldeep Ganjhu and the other can belongs to him. There was a preparation to sell the money to Pradeep Saav after weighing it. Later, on the behest of Ganesh Singh, action was taken in Apti forest and 160 kg of Doda, which was spread out for drying, was seized.
