Patna Police Busts Rs 25 Crore Drug Racket, Two Arrested, Officer Under Scanner
Patna Police Busts Rs 25 Crore Drug Racket, Two Arrested, Officer Under Scanner
- •Patna police seized drugs worth Rs 25 crore and busted a smack-making unit, arresting two individuals.
- •The arrests were made during raids at an Alamganj flat and a Ram Krishna Nagar premises, recovering 1.68 kg of brown sugar and 16 kg of brown sugar in 'stone form' respectively.
- •Accused Jitendra Kumar and Nitish Kumar were identified; Jitendra had a prior drug-related arrest.
- •A police officer's name surfaced during the investigation, with blank cheques and cheques worth Rs 70 lakh in his name recovered, suspecting his involvement in facilitating supplies from Uttar Pradesh.
- •Authorities are investigating a larger network, examining forward and backward linkages to identify kingpins and financiers behind the syndicate.
