Charas worth fifty crores seized
Chapra/Gopalganj, 7 February, 2021(HS) Gopalganj police have seized 265 kg Charas worth fifty crores at Balthari checkpost under Kuchaikot police station in Gopalganj. This was being smuggled from Nepal to Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. Three Nepali smugglers have also been arrested and police are interrogating them. Gopalganj SP Anand Kumar, today in a press conference said that this amount of Charas was being brought from Afghanistan via Pakistan or China through Nepal to be delivered in the country. International price of this amount of Charas is said to be around fifty crores.
He said that police are interrogating the arrested persons and international link of this can not be set aside. Police are conducting raids at Bareli and Lucknow.
He said that this cache was found from a hidden chamber of an empty pick up van. The van was displaying the number of a Tractor. The police team will be rewarded for this huge catch.
The Intelligence agencies are on alert as for the first time this high voltage smuggling has come to light.
