Neemuch: 51 bags of poppy straw weighing 1083.150 kg along with 3 vehicles – Mahindra Pickup, Mahindra Scorpio and Hyundai i20, as well as an unlicensed 12-bore gun along with 23 live rounds and 2 empty cartridges and 38 live rounds and one empty cartridge of 7.65 mm were seized from a temporary godown (Baada) constructed by a high precast wall and tin shed in the outskirts of village Hathipura under Ratangarh police station at Singoli tehsil in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, today. The seizure was effected by the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) Neemuch, following a search operation. The CBN arrested three persons in this connection under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The high pre-cast wall had been constructed around the temporary godown (Baada) along with a tin shed to conceal the illegal activities going on in it. A thorough search resulted in the seizing of 25 bags of poppy straw (Doda Chura) weighing 482.700 kg loaded in one Mahindra Pickup, 21 bags of poppy straw weighing 401.550 kg loaded in a Scorpio SUV and 5 bags of powdered poppy straw weighing 198.900 kg loaded in a Hyundai i20 car (Total 51 bags of poppy straw weighing 1083.150 kg).
A grinding Machine (used for grinding poppy straw into fine powder to reduce its volume), stitching machine with a bundle of blue thread (used for stitching and packing, poppy straw bags), weighing scale, air pump (for vehicles) were also recovered and seized from the temporary godown.
CBN carried out this operation with assistance from the Madhya Pradesh Police. Further investigation is under progress.
After receiving intelligence that a person of village Hathipura was involved in illicit smuggling and transportation of poppy straw and was having illicit poppy straw (Doda Chura) secreted at his residence and temporary godown (Baada) constructed by precast wall and tin Shed in the outskirts of his village, a team of officers of CBN Neemuch was formed and dispatched in early hours of today and suspected house and temporary Godown (Baada) in the village were searched.
During the operation, one of the drug traffickers aimed at the preventive team with a loaded 12-bore gun, but CBN officers handled the situation carefully and tactfully and the person was subsequently detained. Additional reinforcements from the nearby police stations were also called to assist officers of CBN.
The recovered unlicensed 12-bore gun along with 23 live rounds and 2 empty cartridges and 38 live rounds and one empty cartridge of 7.65 mm will be investigated under relevant provisions of the Arms Act by the appropriate authority.
– global bihari bureau
