UP: 2 smugglers held with opium worth Rs 32.5 lakh in Gorakhpur

Lucknow, May 14 (PTI) Two members of an inter-state narcotics gang have been arrested in Gorakhpur with 6.5 kg opium worth about Rs 32.5 lakh, officials said on Wednesday.

A Special Task Force team of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested Pawan Singh, a resident of Bareilly and Khushbu, from Bihar, an official statement said.

During the interrogation, Singh revealed he was part of a gang which smuggled opium from Bihar and Jharkhand to other states. The kingpin of the gang has been identified as Netrapal.

Khusbhu had brought a drug consignment from Bihar to hand it over to Singh, the STF said, adding that she had smuggled narcotics several times.

Both have been booked under the Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act. PTI ABN ABN MPL MPL