The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Muzaffarpur Regional Unit with the Bihar Police Special Task Force busted an interstate charas network allegedly smuggling narcotics from Nepal into India for onward movement to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.[1] The two-day operation ending on Sunday seized approximately 3 kg of charas valued at Rs 3 crore and two persons were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.[1]
The action followed specific intelligence about cross-border charas smuggling, after which the joint team kept remote stretches along the India-Nepal border under surveillance for two days to identify operatives, hideouts and the modus operandi.[1] Investigators said the syndicate planned to evade agencies by moving the consignment through multiple trains and deliberately delaying transit, with transportation scheduled for Sunday morning.[1] In the early hours of Sunday the team learned that a suspected carrier was travelling on a Narkatiyaganj-Muzaffarpur MEMU train from Bapudham Motihari and intercepted the suspect at Muzaffarpur Junction.[1]
The apprehended person allegedly said the contraband had been brought from Nepal and was to be delivered in Firozabad.[1] Based on that questioning the joint team conducted a follow-up operation and apprehended the alleged supplier, taking total arrests to two.[1] Further investigation is underway to determine the wider network, identify additional associates and establish the supply chain and intended distribution route in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.[1] A second account confirms that around 3 kg of charas valued at around Rs 3 crore was seized and two persons arrested in the same Sunday joint DRI and Bihar Police STF operation.[2] A third account likewise reports the arrest of two persons and seizure of around three kg of contraband worth an estimated Rs 3 crore in Muzaffarpur on Sunday.[3]
