Jamshedpur, March 9: To tackle the menace of sale and purchase of opium, a team of police arrested a 38-year-old man with 700 grams of opium and Rs 2.5 lakhs in cash under Chowka police station area on Thursday.
The arrested person Sujit Kumar Sahu, is a resident of Carriage Colony in the Burmamines locality of the steel city and was caught while smuggling opium from the Chowka area.
Revealing the breakthrough, Chandil sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Sanjay Singh said that they got a tip-off that a man was coming from the Tamar area on a bike, carrying opium and would move towards Bhuiyadih in Chandil.
“Acting on the information, the Chowka police station OC, Dharmraj Kumar set up a checking point along the NH-33 and intercepted a biker who tried to evade the checking. On being searched, the police found a packet containing 700 grams of opium and Rs 2.49 lakhs from his possession,” said Singh.
In this connection, a case under NDPS Act has been registered against Sujit Kumar Sahu with the Chowka police station.
According to police, Chowka continues to be a hub for drugs, the changed demand and supply equations mean that cheaper adulterated stuff have started to enter the market.
The pandemic seems to have only accentuated the menace, as enforcement took a hit even as the movement of drugs continued unabated concealed in cargo vehicles even during the lockdown.
“Notwithstanding the increasing popularity of drugs, ganja continues to be the starting point for youngsters who often get introduced to it under peer pressure or through affairs. Addiction then turns them into drug peddlers. The most depressing fact is that even the tell-tale signs of drug abuse in youngsters either go unnoticed or ignored by parents,” said an official.
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