Drugs paddlers active on Nepal border, SSB seize Morphin Powder worth two crore

Drugs paddlers active on Nepal border, SSB seize Morphin Powder worth two crore

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SAGAR SURAJ MOTIHARI: The 71 battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has seized morphine powder and arrested a smuggler in this connection in Bihar’s East Champaran district near the Indo- Nepal border, a senior SSB official said on Friday. Acting on a tip off, a SSB team tracked and arrested Niraj Kumar, native Narsanda village under […]

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MOTIHARI: The 71 battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has seized morphine powder and arrested a smuggler in this connection in Bihar’s East Champaran district near the Indo- Nepal border, a senior SSB official said on Friday.

Acting on a tip off, a SSB team tracked and arrested Niraj Kumar, native Narsanda village under Muzaffarpur district and seized 800 gm of morphine powder when they crossed over to Indian territory and reached near Piprakothi bridge in East Champaran on Friday, SSB Commandant Priybrat Sharma said.

SSB said that they nabbed the youth with morphine powder in a passenger jeep boarding on which the smuggler was on way to Muzaffarpur at around 07:45. The raid was conducted by a joint team of SSB and Piprakothi police. SSB claimed the seized contraband and vehicle used in this nefarious works are of the worth value of two crore. SSB handed over the smuggler and seized items to local police for the further legal process. The raiding team members were comprises Abhay Kumar, Rampratap Singh, Niraj Kumar, Shashi Bhushan, Sinde Laxman and Manoj Kumar from SSB and from police side Shivjee Singh assisted SSB in the raid.

Of late, drugs smuggling has gained momentum from this route of Indo-Nepal border. On 10 February, 2019, SSB had arrested two Nepali citizens while crossing border and recovered 193 gm morphine powders from their possession. The two smugglers are residents of Nepals’ Bara and Parsa district respectively. The seized morphine is sold at the rate of Rs 50,000 per gram in the market.

The possession of morphine is punishable act under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, official sources said.

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