Jharkhand: NCB Seizes Opium Worth Rs 60 Lakh, Suspects Interstate Drug Trade
Narcotics Control Bureau will carry an investigation on the financial backing of interstate drug trade in Jharkhand. The vigilance came after the agency seized opium worth Rs 60 lakh from Jharkhand in last month. NCB Zonal Director Manish Kumar said opium grown here were smuggled to Haryana, Punjab and other states. He also suspicioned involvement of CPI(Maoist) and People’s Liberation Front of India in left-wing extremism areas- Chatra and Khunti.