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4 held for smuggling morphine

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Press Trust of India Varanasi
Last Updated : Nov 22 2013 | 7:41 PM IST
Four persons were today arrested for allegedly possessing and smuggling morphine worth Rs 60 lakh during a police raid conducted in Ishwargangi locality under Jaitpura police station, police said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh D Modak said a joint team of Varanasi crime branch and Jaitpura police station on a tip off raided a house belonging to Shivshanker Rajbhar alias Munau and arrested him and three others.
500 gm of morphine, a narcotic, worth Rs 60 lakh in local market and Rs 8,01,370 cash were recovered from them, the SSP said, adding 18 mobile phone sets were also found, Modak added.

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First Published: Nov 22 2013 | 7:41 PM IST

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