Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Police Seize Poppy Straw Hidden Beneath Steel Coils
Police stopped a truck on the Kheda–Dholka Highway.
The truck was carrying steel coils.
Hidden underneath them were 36 sacks of poppy straw, an illegal intoxicating substance.
The sacks together weighed 696.940 kilograms.
Police said the seized material was worth about Rs 1.45 crore.
They said the truck was travelling from Nagpur to Sanand.
A special police team and an anti-narcotics team carried out the operation.
The driver was held, and a case was registered under the NDPS Act.
A joint police operation seized 696.940 kg of poppy straw on the Kheda–Dholka Highway.
Police valued the contraband at around Rs 1.45 crore.
The poppy straw was concealed in 36 black and yellow sacks beneath steel coils.
Police said the truck was travelling from Nagpur, Maharashtra, to Sanand, Gujarat.
The truck driver was held, and an offence was registered under the NDPS Act at Dholka Rural Police Station.
- Who
- Ahmedabad Rural Police's Special Operations Group and Anti-Narcotics Wing; the truck driver was held.
- What
- Police seized 696.940 kg of poppy straw, valued at around Rs 1.45 crore, hidden beneath steel coils.
- When
- The operation took place on the night of October 8; police reported the case on Saturday.
- Where
- On the Kheda–Dholka Highway in Gujarat; the truck was travelling from Nagpur to Sanand.
- Why
- Police acted on confidential information that the truck was transporting poppy straw concealed beneath steel coils.
- Seized substance
- Poppy straw (posh doda)
- Quantity
- 696.940 kg
- Estimated value
- Around Rs 1.45 crore
- Concealment
- 36 black and yellow plastic sacks hidden beneath steel coils
- Route
- Nagpur, Maharashtra, to Sanand, Gujarat
- Operation
- Joint operation by the Special Operations Group and Anti-Narcotics Wing of Ahmedabad Rural Police
- Case
- Registered under the NDPS Act at Dholka Rural Police Station