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Time of India
12-06-2025
- Time of India
Mother-son duo among 3 drug peddlers held
1 2 Ara: In a major crackdown on the smuggling and sale of contraband in Bhojpur district, police on Thursday arrested three people, including a mother-son duo, during two separate operations conducted under Ara Town and Piro police stations. Parichay Kumar, ASP and Ara Sadar SDPO, said, "In the first crackdown against drug peddling, two peddlers named Pushpa Devi and her son Bittu Bhagat were arrested with 86 grams of heroin at Gausganj locality under Ara Town police station. In our initial investigation, it was found that the mother-son duo used to sell heroin near the Gangi area of the Gausganj locality. Further investigation is going on in the case." In a second operation, carried out under Piro police station, one Banarsi Sao, a resident of Basawan Rai ka Tola, was arrested with 8.6kg of ganja valued at about Rs 4 lakh. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
31-05-2025
- Time of India
Heroin worth Rs5cr seized, two held in Ara
1 2 Ara: In a major anti-drug operation, Bihar STF and Bhojpur police seized over 2kg of heroin worth Rs 5 crore in the international black market. The joint raid also led to the arrest of two alleged peddlers. ASP and Ara Sadar SDPO Parichay Kumar said, "Acting on intelligence inputs received Friday evening that heroin was being smuggled from Ghazipur (UP) to Ara, a joint team launched a crackdown." Police first intercepted a car in the Ara Nawada police station area and seized about 1kg of heroin, arresting two men on board. "Acting on the information given by the arrested smugglers, the team raided a house and recovered another 1.107 kg of heroin," said Kumar. In total, 2.107kg of heroin was seized. Police also recovered Rs 1,27,490 in cash, four passbooks, four cheque books, an ATM card, PAN, Aadhaar, driving licence, the car used and two cellphones. The accused have been identified as Ankush Kumar of Anaith Kurmi locality and Indrajeet Kumar of Anaith Paswan locality, both under Ara Nawada police station. "A case under BNS and NDPS Act has been registered. The house owner from where 1 kg heroin was seized has also been made an accused," Kumar added. "The police will also invoke relevant sections of BNS to appeal for property attachment," he added.
