Two men held for smuggling 1.56 kg opium worth Rs 25 lakh in Gurugram

On March 3, the crime branch arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling 1.858 kg methadone powder, a drug used by pharmaceutical companies to manufacture medicines for de-addiction.

The police on Tuesday arrested two men for allegedly smuggling opium, from a barricade near Maruti Kunj on Sohna road. The police said they recovered 1.56kg of opium, estimated to be worth over Rs 25 lakh, and a car from their possession.

The police on Tuesday arrested two men for allegedly smuggling opium, from a barricade near Maruti Kunj on Sohna road. (Representative Image) (HT File)

The police said the accused persons, identified as Prakash Chand and Rameshar, both from Udaipur in Rajasthan, said, during interrogations, that they procured the opium from Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh and supplied it to potential buyers in the city and neighbouring districts.

Vinod, assistant sub inspector (ASI), Bhondsi police station, said the police had received a tip-off that the accused persons were travelling from Badshahpur towards Maruti Kunj crossing in a car.

“A barricade was set up and the police were checking every vehicle. A Maruti Alto stopped about 20 yards before the barricade and tried to turn around. Upon inspection, opium was recovered from beneath the driver’s seat, concealed in several small packets. Some packets were recovered from the pocket of the accused man sitting in the front passenger seat,” Vinod said.

The accused persons were produced in the district court on Wednesday.

On March 3, the crime branch arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling 1.858 kg methadone powder, a drug used by pharmaceutical companies to manufacture medicines for de-addiction. The police claimed the drug was worth Rs 25 lakh in the international market.