Archive · 26 Jan 2026
Drug Traffickers Arrested, Assets Seized in UP
In Uttar Pradesh, police arrested a man named Saddam for selling drugs.
They found a type of heroin called smack worth Rs 13 lakh.
In another case, police took away property worth Rs 30.52 crore from a man named Bhola Prasad Jaiswal.
He is accused of illegally selling a special kind of cough syrup with codeine.
The police also took money from his bank accounts.
All this happened because these people were involved in illegal drug activities.
Police arrested Saddam in Saharanpur with 65 grams of smack worth Rs 13 lakh.
Assets worth Rs 30.52 crore seized from Bhola Prasad Jaiswal in Varanasi.
Seized properties include a house in Kayastha Tola and Rs 3 crore in bank accounts.
Action taken under the NDPS Act for illegal drug activities.
Warrant-B served against Bhola Prasad Jaiswal in the codeine case.
- Who
- Saddam (drug trafficker) and Bhola Prasad Jaiswal (codeine case accused)
- What
- Arrest of trafficker and seizure of assets in drug cases
- When
- January 25
- Where
- Saharanpur and Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- Illegal drug trafficking and smuggling of codeine-laced cough syrups
- Arrested Trafficker
- Saddam (Baikhedi village)
- Drug Recovered
- 65 grams of smack (Rs 13 lakh)
- Assets Seized
- Rs 30.52 crore
- Accused in Codeine Case
- Bhola Prasad Jaiswal
- Location of Seizure
- Varanasi, UP
- Legal Action
- NDPS Act, Section 68(F)
- Bank Accounts Seized
- Rs 3 crore (Indian Bank)