Mumbai: DRI Seizes Over 9 Kg Of Smuggled Opium Worth Crores, 2 Arrested

Mumbai: DRI Seizes Over 9 Kg Of Smuggled Opium Worth Crores, 2 Arrested

The Mumbai Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have arrested two persons for allegedly transporting over 9 kg of opium worth crores of rupees.

FPJ News ServiceUpdated: Friday, October 11, 2024, 12:49 AM IST
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Mumbai: The Mumbai Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have arrested two persons for allegedly transporting over 9 kg of opium worth crores of rupees.

According to the agency sources, on receipt of specific information of narcotics substance being transported in a truck from Nashik towards Mumbai a trap was laid in Kasara.

The agency officials intercepted the truck and on searching it, opium was found. The truck driver then spilled the beans about the receiver of the consignment, who too was nabbed later.

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