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DRI Arrests Five, Seizes Methamphetamine Worth ₹7.10 Crore
Some very special police officers called the DRI stop people who sell illegal drugs.
They got a tip that a woman on a train was carrying drugs in her bag.
The officers met the train at Bhopal railway station and checked her trolley bag.
Inside the bag they found a secret hiding spot.
There were six packets of white powder hidden there.
The powder was methamphetamine, which is an illegal drug that hurts people.
The officers also searched a place in Greater Noida.
Some people there tried to run away by jumping out of a window, but the officers chased and caught them.
In the end, five people were arrested and lots of drugs were taken away.
The drugs were worth about 7.10 crore rupees, which is a very big amount of money!
DRI arrested five drug peddlers — four Nigerians and one Indian, including two women and three men.
Officers seized 8.6 kg of methamphetamine worth Rs 7.10 crore across Bhopal, Noida and a New Delhi-Bengaluru train.
A female trafficker was intercepted at Bhopal Junction railway station on August 11 with drugs hidden in her trolley bag.
A follow-up operation in Greater Noida recovered 2.242 kg methamphetamine, 50 gm cocaine and 25 gm ganja.
Suspects tried to escape by jumping from a window but were caught after a foot chase; the operation broke a foreign drug syndicate recruiting Indians.
- Who
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and CBN officers arrested five drug peddlers — four Nigerians and one Indian, including two women and three men.
- What
- A drug trafficking operation was busted with 8.6 kg of methamphetamine worth Rs 7.10 crore, along with cocaine and ganja, seized.
- Where
- Bhopal Junction railway station in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and Greater Noida, with drugs also found on a New Delhi-Bengaluru train.
- When
- The main interception took place on August 11; the arrests were announced by officials on Friday.
- Why
- Officers acted on specific intelligence that a female trafficker travelling by train from New Delhi to Bengaluru would be carrying drugs in her baggage.
Key facts
- Agency
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), with CBN officers
- Arrests
- 5 (4 Nigerians, 1 Indian; 2 women, 3 men)
- Methamphetamine seized
- 8.6 kg
- Street value
- Rs 7.10 crore
- Additional seizures
- 50 gm cocaine, 25 gm ganja
- Key locations
- Bhopal Junction railway station; Greater Noida
- Date
- August 11 (interception); announced on Friday











