Rs 687 Crore Worth Psychotropic Drugs Seized From Near India-Nepal Border In UP, One Arrested

In a major drug bust, a joint raid by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and local police, prohibited drugs worth around Rs 686 crore were recovered from a warehouse in a village on the Indo-Nepal border in neighbouring Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh.

The raids were carried out on Wednesday, based on specific inputs.

The warehouse belonged to one Ramesh Kumar Gupta who has been arrested.

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The search is on for another accused identified as Govind Gupta.

SSB Commandant Manoj Singh said, "This was a joint raid conducted along with the local police and drug Inspector. Drugs seized are worth 686 crore rupees. Some of them were sold in medical stores here and some were smuggled to Nepal since the borders are open."

"It is a big operation, hoping that the nexus will break and youth will be able to leave addiction behind. It was a well-coordinated raid. SDM Pramod and SSB Commandant Sanjay Kumar planned the operation together," Singh said.

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Seized items include 104 injections, 18,782 syrup bottles, 3,13,384 capsules, 1,24,897 tablets and 1,34,460 printed price labels.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Maharajganj, Pradeep Gupta said that a lot of material was seized from the spot and a case has been registered against the accused.

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"We recovered addictive injections, syrups, capsules, tablets and labels in lakhs. One of the accused is Ramesh Kumar Gupta and drugs were seized from his home and godown. Another accused named Govind Gupta is on the run and the search for him is still on. A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Copyright Act and IPC sections 419, 429, 467, 468 and 471," said Pradeep.