Chhatrapati Sambhajiangar: A team of the Local Crime Branch (LCB) caught opium being carried in 6 sacks through a car on Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalgaon National Highway near Samruddhi Mahamarg in Phulambri tehsil on Tuesday midnight.
A case was registered against a car driver based in Rajasthan at Phulambri Police Station.
The LCB received information that opium poppies filled in sacks were being taken for sale on the national highway through a white car (MH-21-BH-5977).
Acting on a tip- off, a team comprising police inpsector Satish Wagh, PSI P P Ingle, Nayab tehsildar Sanjiv Raut along with other police employees reached near flyover of Samruddhi Mahamarg.
After some time, they saw a white car coming from Chhatrapati Sambhajingar. They stopped the car and searched it. The police team found 6 sacks filled with opium poppies.
Driver Omprakash Bhagirathram Bishnoi (24, Nagar, Gudamalani, Badmer, Rajasthan) was arrested and his car was seized.
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Chemical test done for confirmation
Chemical analysts Sheetal Malkar, Prakash Lavhale, and others carried out a chemical test on 87.100 kg of seized seeds and found that they were opium poppies. The value of opium is Rs 21 lakh. At 4 a.m. today, a case was registered with Phulambri Police Station against Omprakash Bishnoi. Police produced him in the tehsil court this afternoon. Judge Vrushali Raojadeja sent him to five days of police custody.