Chatra, May 27 (PTI) Opium and opium pods were seized in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Wednesday, police said.
SDPO (Simaria) Nagaragoje Shubham Bhausaheb said intelligence inputs were received that narcotics were being stockpiled in houses at Jordag village in the Lawalong police station area.
Acting on the information, police conducted raids at multiple locations in the village and recovered 1.57 kg of illicit opium, 69.87 kg of opium pods and 25.85 kg of poppy seeds, he said.
Police also seized Rs 30,000 in cash and two Aadhaar cards during the operation.
“The estimated market value of the recovered narcotics is around Rs 18 lakh,” the SDPO said.
In another operation, police raided Margada village in the Kunda police station area and seized 1.05 kg of opium, he said.
A suspected trafficker, identified as Umesh Kumar (19), was arrested in connection with the seizure, he said.
The estimated market value of the opium recovered in the second raid is around Rs 5 lakh, the officer added. PTI BS SOM
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