BIG CONSIGNMENT OF HEROIN SEIZED

30-DEC-ENG 3

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

BUXAR---------------------------Acting on a tip-off, Buxar police, in a joint operation with the State STF on Wednesday night, seized a large consignment of heroin and arrested two traffickers. One of the arrested traffickers is a notorious heroin smuggler from Assam. According to the police, the seized heroin is estimated to be worth approximately two crore rupees in the international market.

Disclosing the details of the entire operation, Superintendent of Police Shubham Arya said that the State STF had received information that a large consignment of heroin was being brought to Buxar from Assam. Buxar police were then alerted, and a special team was formed under the leadership of Dumraon SDPO Polast Kumar. The team began monitoring suspects at Dumraon railway station. During this time, a person started running away upon seeing the police, but the officers chased and apprehended him.

During questioning, he was identified as Prema Pandit, a resident of Lanka in Hojai district of Assam. During the search, 322 grams of heroin packed in a polythene bag were recovered from him. During interrogation, he revealed that the narcotics were supplied to him by Raju Shikari alias Krishna Shikari, a resident of Lanka, Assam, and that he was supposed to deliver it to Umakant Gupta, a resident of Dudhipatti in Simri police station area of ​​Buxar.

Based on Prema Pandit's information, the police immediately raided the house of Umakant Gupta in Dudhipatti. During the search, 158 grams of brown sugar were recovered from his house. The police also arrested Umakant Gupta and brought him to Naya Bhojpur police station, where a case was registered against both of them under the NDPS Act.

The SP said that during questioning, Umakant Gupta confessed that he had bought the seized heroin for approximately 70 lakh rupees and that he supplied it to small and large traffickers in Buxar district. This operation has exposed a large network of heroin trafficking spread across the district, and the police are continuously conducting raids to dismantle it. The Superintendent of Police also stated that the arrested smuggler, Prema Pandit, has several criminal cases registered against her in various police stations in Assam, and her name is on the Assam Police's list of most wanted criminals.

Commending the police team for their swift and effective action, the SP recommended that the team be rewarded. The team included Dumraon SDPO Polast Kumar, along with DIU in-charge Sudhir Kumar, Naya Bhojpur Station House Officer Chandan Kumar, SI Suman Kumar, ASI Gulo Tanti, ASI Mohd. Shahid, PTC Vinay Kumar, and armed personnel from the Naya Bhojpur and DIU teams.