Koppal: Excise Officials Seize Opium Powder Worth Rs 3.15 Lakh
Excise officials raided a Hotel near the Vanageri toll plaza on National Highway 50: Reports
KOPPAL: Excise officials seized 5.98 kg of opium powder, valued at Rs 3.15 lakh, during a raid on a hotel near the Vanageri toll plaza on National Highway 50 in Kushtagi taluk on Wednesday.
Excise officials raided a Hotel near the Vanageri toll plaza on National Highway 50 in Kushtagi taluk around 1.20 pm on October 22 and found two plastic buckets in a wood storage room.
One of the buckets was open and contained a white plastic bag filled with a powder-like substance suspected to be opium. The other bucket was sealed. The team, led by Excise Sub-Inspector Neelamma Galagali, recorded the search on video and weighed the material
The two bags contained 2.99 kg each, taking the total to 5.98 kg. The seized substance was valued at Rs 3.15 lakh, with each bag estimated to be worth Rs 1,57,500, according to the Excise Department.
The seized material was sealed for inventory proceedings before a magistrate, the Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Koppal, said in a release.
