2 weeks ago
Six held with Rs 2.41 crore heroin in UP's Sonbhadra
Police in a place called Sonbhadra in India caught six people who were carrying illegal drugs called heroin.
The drugs weighed about 1.2 kilograms and were worth a lot of money, around 2.41 crore rupees.
The police got a secret tip and stopped two cars near a railway bridge.
The cars were a Creta and a Thar.
Inside the cars, police found the heroin and six mobile phones.
Police think the cars and other things they took are worth about 2.75 crore rupees in total.
This was part of a special police mission called 'Operation Shuddhi' to stop drug selling.
The six people arrested live in the Chopan and Anpara areas.
Now they will have to go through the legal process, and a case has been registered against them.
Six alleged drug traffickers were arrested in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, with 1.204 kilograms of heroin estimated to be worth Rs 2.41 crore.
Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted a Creta and a Thar near the Baskatwa railway bridge.
The arrests were made in a joint operation by the Special Operations Group and Chopan Police under 'Operation Shuddhi' against drug trafficking.
Police also recovered six mobile phones; the total value of the contraband, vehicles and other seized items was estimated at Rs 2.75 crore.
The accused were identified as Ayush Jaiswal (27), Dharmveer (27), Sudhir (35), Suraj (26), Jitendra (24) of Chopan and Deepak Sahu (30) of Anpara, and a case has been registered.
- Who
- Six alleged drug traffickers identified as Ayush Jaiswal (27), Dharmveer (27), Sudhir (35), Suraj (26), Jitendra (24) and Deepak Sahu (30).
- What
- Police arrested the six with 1.204 kilograms of heroin worth an estimated Rs 2.41 crore, along with two vehicles and six mobile phones.
- Where
- Near the Baskatwa railway bridge in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Monday, August 17.
- Why
- The arrests followed a tip-off during 'Operation Shuddhi', an ongoing police drive against drug trafficking.
Key facts
- Heroin recovered
- 1.204 kilograms
- Estimated heroin value
- Rs 2.41 crore
- Total seizure value
- Rs 2.75 crore (contraband, vehicles and other items)
- People arrested
- 6
- Vehicles seized
- Creta and Thar
- Other items recovered
- 6 mobile phones
- Operation
- Operation Shuddhi
- Location
- Baskatwa railway bridge, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh







