Man held with heroin worth Rs 75 crore in Patna

PATNA: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths arrested one Kishan Lal (50) with 3kg heroin near Patna Junction on Friday. The seized contraband is worth Rs75 crore in the international market, DRI sources said.
“He is a native of Lasudia village in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. He owns 20 bigha land and used it solely for cultivating opium,” sources said.
“One Master ji from Raxaul in East Champaran had contacted Kishan a month back for 3kg heroin,” sources said. Kishan was waiting to hand over the consignment to him when he was nabbed. DRI sources said he reached Patna by a truck from Rajasthan. “He was supposed to receive part payment here and rest through hawala transaction,” the sources said.
They said the drug was packed in five transparent packets. “Kishan was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau with 4kg heroin in Chennai in 2002. He was in jail for eight years,” the sources said.
Kishan came in contact with Master ji in Chennai jail where the latter was also lodged in another case.