Two persons have been arrested by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Crime Branch for allegedly smuggling 6.5 kg opium, worth Rs 1.30 lakh, police said today.
"An SOG team arrested two people with 6.5 kg of opium worth Rs 1.30 lakh from the city railway station," Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) D C Solanki of the SOG told reporters here today.
The duo have been identified as Mohammad Firoz Ghulam Nabi Chhipa (38) and his aide Mohammad Mohsin Usmangani Chhipa (22), both resident of Udaipur town in Rajasthan, police said.
On a specific tip-off that the contraband was being taken from Rajasthan via Gujarat to Kerala, police kept a watch over a city railway station and nabbed the duo, Solanki said.
The ACP said the duo told the police that the opium was provided to them by one Rajasthan-based Manzoor Mansuri and they were asked to give it to a Kerala-based person called Abu Bakar.
"During further questioning by the SOG, Mohammad Firoz confessed that he was caught with 7 kg opium in the year 2004 from Rajasthan and wanted in a 50 kg opium seizure case by the Kerala Excise Department," Solanki said.
Suspecting a larger conspiracy, the SOG has initiated a further probe.
The SOG is likely to produce the accused in the court seeking remand tomorrow, the officer said.
