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PATNA: Police seized 265kg of charas from a pickup van near Balthari checkpost on NH-28 in Gopalganj district on Sunday morning. The consignment kept inside a secret compartment in the van is estimated to be worth Rs50 crore in international market, Kuchaikot police station SHO Ashwani Kumar Tiwari said. Three persons from Nepal, who were travelling in the van, were arrested.
They were identified as Prakash Kumar Kurmi and Vicky Kumar Srivastava of Ranighat and Vinay Kumar Sahni of Madhwal, all in Parsa district of Nepal.
“Police, on receiving intelligence input that a drug consignment is to be smuggled from Nepal via Gopalganj, started strict vehicle checking at several locations in the district,” the SHO said.
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PATNA: Police seized altogether 265 kilograms of charas kept inside a secret compartment created in a pickup van after intercepting it near Balthari check-post on NH-28 under Kuchaikot police station area in Gopalganj on Sunday morning.
Police also arrested three persons hailing from Nepal who were travelling inside the van along with the charas consignment.
Police said the arrested persons had been identified as Prakash Kumar Kurmi and Vicky Kumar Srivastava of Ranighat and Vinay Kumar Sahni of Madhwal, all located in Parsa district of Nepal.
Kuchaikot police station SHO Ashwani Kumar Tiwari said that the quantity of charas seized is one of the biggest made in state in last several years.
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