Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Nov 9 (PTI) Seven people have been arrested and drugs worth Rs 44.1 lakh seized from their possession in separate incidents in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district, police said on Sunday.

In the first incident, police nabbed four people allegedly involved in selling and buying opium in Hazaribag Mufassil police station area on Saturday.

A total of 8.2 kg of opium worth Rs 42.5 lakh was seized from their possession, Hazaribag Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Amit Kumar Anand said. Show Full Article

During interrogation, they informed the police that they had procured the opium from Chatra district and were planning to transport it to Haryana to sell it in the northern state. Three of the four arrested persons hail from Chatra and one hails from Hazaribag, he added.

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