The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Central Bureau of Narcotics has seized 2,597 kilograms of poppy straw hidden behind bags of dry red chilli in a truck in Gujarat.
The operation was conducted on Thursday following a tip-off, in which the CBN intercepted a truck with a Rajasthan number plate near a hotel at Untiya in Vadodara.
As per the information received, the poppy straw was being transported from Jharkhand to Rajasthan via Gujarat. Accordingly, strict surveillance was put in place on the route and after identification of the vehicle by CBN officers, it was stopped.