Jharkhand Drug Bust: Several Arrested In Separate Incidents

Jharkhand police have arrested five individuals and seized significant quantities of brown sugar and poppy husk in separate incidents across Ranchi and Chatra districts, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking.

Police seized brown sugar and poppy husk and five persons, including a woman, arrested in separate incidents in Ranchi and Chatra districts of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.

Police seized 83.79 kg of poppy husk worth over Rs 12.5 lakh and arrested one person on Monday, a senior officer said.

Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid in Charka Khurd village in Pratappur police station area and arrested one person, identified as Sunil Kumar, Chatra Superintendent of Police Animesh Naithany said, adding the seized consignment was scheduled for transportation to neighbouring Bihar.

Ranchi Drug Bust Details

In Ranchi, police nabbed four persons, including a woman, in separate operations after seizing brown sugar from their possession.

Police nabbed the woman, her 23-year-old son and another person and seized 16.43 gm of brown sugar at Vidyanagar in Sukhdevnagar police station area on Sunday, Hatia Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Neeraj Kumar said.

The accused woman's son had previously been jailed under an Arms Act case, he said, adding that three mobile phones and Rs 7,320 in cash were also seized.

Further Operations and Legal Proceedings

In another operation, police nabbed a 34-year-old man near Harmu Ground in Argora police station area and seized 3.54 gm of brown sugar from his possession, the SDPO said.

FIRs were lodged at respective police stations and the accused were remanded to judicial custody after production before courts on Monday, police said.