Pune Opium

Acting on a tip-off, Shirur police in the district on Wednesday raided fields in Nhavare, Vadgaon Rasai and Inam in Shirur tehsil and discovered opium poppy cultivation.

The Customs Preventive Unit of Pune Customs Commissionerate has seized 14.5 kg of opium transported to Pune from Rajasthan.Speculation is rife that this confiscation is indicative of several rave parties that might hit the city as a part of the New Year's celebration.In India, one kg of opium is worth approximately Rs 1 lakh.Officers arrested two p...

Acting on a tip-off, Shirur police in the district on Wednesday raided fields in Nhavare, Vadgaon Rasai and Inam in Shirur tehsil and discovered opium poppy cultivation.

The Customs Preventive Unit of Pune Customs Commissionerate has seized 14.5 kg of opium transported to Pune from Rajasthan.Speculation is rife that this confiscation is indicative of several rave parties that might hit the city as a part of the New Year's celebration.In India, one kg of opium is worth approximately Rs 1 lakh.Officers arrested two p...