Patna, June 26 || In a significant crackdown in Bihar on narcotics trafficking, the Kishanganj Police, in collaboration with the Special Task Force (STF), arrested two individuals near the railway station on Thursday and seized one kg heroin from their possession, an official said.
The estimated market value of the seized substance is around Rs 1 crore.
Kishanganj Superintendent of Police Sagar Kumar described the seizure and arrest a major achievement, stating that the joint team has successfully busted an inter-state drug trafficking network.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Baliram Chaurasia, a resident of Shivrampur, Ballia district (Uttar Pradesh) and Lalita Devi, a resident of Muzaffarpur district (Bihar).
According to SP Sagar Kumar, the police acted on specific intelligence input about the smuggling of banned substances through the district.
A special team led by SDPO-1 Gautam Kumar was constituted to monitor suspicious activity in the area.
“The team intensified surveillance near the railway station, where they spotted the two suspects. Upon searching them, we recovered the banned substance,” said SP Kumar.
During questioning, the accused revealed that they were tasked by a person from Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) to travel to Manipur and smuggle heroin back.