Drugs To Punjab Being Smuggled Through Rajasthan After Vigil On Pakistan Border Increased

Acting on a tip-off, the Ajmer police on Friday confiscated 80 kilograms of opium and arrested the accused in this connection. Similarly, in different raids, the Government Railway Police (GRP) too foiled drug supply bids after thoroughly checking the trains last week in Ajmer. Sources informed that the drug consignment was going to be supplied in Punjab.

It may be noted here that the drug mafias have set an eye on the route from Madhya Pradesh via Rajasthan to supply drugs after the security forces started keeping a tight vigil on India-Pakistan border.

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Sources informed the Nasirabad police had received a tip-off that a drug consignment was on its way to Punjab. Probationary IPS and SHO at Sadar Nasirabad police station Tejaswani Gautam, said, "We swung into action immediately after receiving a tip-off and installed barricades on every road to nab the smugglers." The cops, during the checking operation, found an approaching car suspicious and asked the driver to stop and open its dickey. The driver, however, did not stop and sped away only to be caught in the very next barricade.

The accused have been identified as Sukhwant (30, Firozpur), Nirmal Singh (38, Moga district), Angrej Singh (27) and Jagvir Singh (36). According to police, the accused at first, upon interrogation, said that they were transporting some electronic goods in the car from Chittorgarh.

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The cops, upon thoroughly searching the car, found a total of five bags containing 80 kilograms of opium. The police informed that the accused later admitted that they were smuggling drugs to Punjab from Chittorgarh. Sources said that the accused spilled the beans by giving the names drugs lords from whom the drugs were purchased after police interrogated them strictly.

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The estimated cost of the confiscated drugs is about Rs 2.10 lakh, sources said. Similary, the GRP seized a total of 12 kilogram of opium and 132 kilograms of marijuana in two different raids conducted last week. Those arrested in this connection were identified as Mirul Islam (28), a resident of Murshidabad in West Bengal.

Police said that opium is being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to the different parts of the country. Most specifically, the drug smuggling into Punjab region has been increased off late. The drugs are being supplied to the region through Madhya Pradesh via Rajasthan.

Sources at the Intelligence bureau said that vigilance has been intensified to prevent drugs smuggling from such routes. Besides, sources informed that the police had seized a heavy drug consignment last month on Nairabad Highway after receiving a tip-off. Sources claimed that a large amount of drugs are being smuggled from Nimach and Mandsore of Madhya Pradesh to different parts of the country. Although there is plunge in the demand of drugs in the tourists destinations, it is now the hukka bars that are paying a pretty high amount for the supply, sources said adding that is why drug peddlers are smuggling through Madhya Pradesh via Rajasthan.