RAUTAHAT, JUNE 25
Rautahat Police have arrested a youth for possession of a large cache of illegal injectable drugs.
The arrested has beeen identified as Ajay Bik (27), of Chandrapur Municipality-4 in the district.
Acting on a tip-off, police stopped an e-rickshaw (Na.1.Ha.7893),bound for Gaur Bus Park at B.P. Chowk and searched the vehicle.
During the inspection, police discovered 330 units of prohibited drug concealed inside a blue Horlicks container wrapped in white plastic including 110 ampules of Phenergan, 110 ampules of Buprenorphine, 64 ampules of Cerezac Diazepam, 46 ampules of Diazepam and injections.
The drugs were reportedly smuggled from Bairgania, India, according to District Police Office Rautahat Spokesperson and DSP Deepak Kumar Rai.
DSP Rai added that the police have taken the arrested youth, Bik, into custody after obtaining an extension of remand from the Rautahat District Court and are conducting further necessary investigations.
