By IANS
Ranchi : Jharkhand police Sunday seized opium worth Rs.40 million from Hazaribagh district and arrested four people in this connection.
According to the police, four trucks laden with opium were also seized Sunday from Chauparan block of the district, about 130 km from Ranchi.
The opium was destined to go Nepal through Bihar. The police are also probing the role of Maoist rebels, who promote large-scale opium cultivation and smuggle these to Nepal and other parts of India.
State Director General of Police J.B. Mahapatra has, however, denied any link of Maoist rebels with the seizure of opium. "Till now we have no information about Maoist link. The seized opium was smuggled to other parts of the country," he said.
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