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“Jharkhand Police arrested 5 radical and seized narcotics worthy much than ₹50 lakh successful 2 abstracted operations crossed 2 districts,” officials said connected Friday (May 22, 2026).
“In Chatra district, constabulary seized 2 four-wheelers and recovered 324 kg of opium husks wrong the Sadar constabulary presumption limits connected Thursday (May 21, 2026),” a constabulary serviceman said.
“The constabulary intercepted the vehicles pursuing a tip-off that immoderate individuals were transporting opium husks to Hazaribag district. Based connected the information, a conveyance checking thrust was conducted, starring to the betterment of 169 kg of opium husk from 1 conveyance and 155 kg from another,” Chatra Superintendent of Police (SP) Animesh Naithani said.
He said the marketplace worth of the seized opium husks was astir ₹50 lakh. The drivers of some vehicles managed to escape, and raids are nether mode to hint them.
In different cognition successful Hazaribag district, 5 persons were arrested, and 54 grams of brownish sweetener was seized from their possession.
"We arrested 5 members of a syndicate, including a antheral named Rahul Kumar, against whom 19 transgression cases are pending astatine 5 constabulary stations successful the district. A full of 52 gm of brownish sweetener and six mobile phones were seized from their possession. The seized drugs are valued astatine ₹1.24 lakh," Hazaribag SP Aman Kumar said.
He said the accused told constabulary that they usually procure narcotics from a supplier successful the adjoining Chatra territory for ₹1,200-1,400 per gram and merchantability it to addicts by charging astir ₹1,000 more.
“All the accused person transgression antecedents and were sent to judicial custody connected Thursday (May 21, 2026),” the SP said.
