Govind Kumar /Gopalganj, In Bihar’s Gopalganj, the Excise Police has busted an interstate smuggling gang with brown sugar and smack worth lakhs. Two smugglers from Gopalganj have also been arrested, who were smuggling drugs from UP and bringing them to Gopalganj. The matter of these smugglers being directly connected to Nepal has come to the fore.

The police is probing it thoroughly. The seized drugs include 430 grams of smack and 50 grams of brown sugar. Police is investigating it under the leadership of Kuchayakot police station co-trainee DSP Sakshi Rai. On the basis of interrogation of the arrested accused, the Kuchayakot police is trying to trace its backward and forward linkages.

Two smugglers arrested with smack and brown sugar

Product Superintendent Rakesh Kumar told that vehicles coming from UP were being checked near Jalalpur Kurmi Tola of Kuchayakot police station area. During the investigation, two youths riding a bike started running after seeing the product police. Police chased and arrested both the smugglers and when searched, drugs were found. 430 grams of smack was found from one smuggler, while 50 grams of brown sugar was found from another smuggler.

On the other hand, the arrested smugglers have been identified as Dilip Ram, 30-year-old son of Radha Ram, resident of Madhu Sareya village of Manjha police station, Gopalganj, and Nitish Kumar, 20-year-old son of Dilip Prasad, resident of Purani Bazar Manjha. A bike has been recovered from these smugglers. After questioning in this matter, both the smugglers were handed over to the police of Kuchayakot police station. The police has started investigating it.

Brown sugar is sold for two crore rupees per kg

The arrested smugglers told the police that brown sugar is sold in the market for up to two crore rupees per kg. Pudiya is made and sold from two thousand rupees to 3000 rupees. The estimated market value of the seized 50 grams of brown sugar is said to be Rs 10 lakh. Although the police of Kuchayakot police station is investigating it from their level.

One gram of smack is sold for 700 to 1000 rupees.

The arrested smugglers told the police that smack is sold at Rs 700 to 1000 per gram. Smugglers supply according to this and then those who make Pudia and sell it up to Rs.1500 per gram. Product Police has seized a total of 430 grams of smack, while the estimated price in the market is being told as Rs 4.30 lakh.

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