Drug smuggler Narayan Singh held in Barmer
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Jaisalmer: The Jodhpur Police's Cycloner team arrested Narayan Singh, a notorious opium smuggler from Madhya Pradesh, during Operation Ramaniya on Friday. Singh, who had a Rs 40,000 bounty on his head, was apprehended in Barmer while attempting to collect dues from opium transactions.
Inspector General Vikas Kumar said Singh, hailing from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, was heavily involved in smuggling opium from Madhya Pradesh and Mewar to districts in Marwar, including Barmer, Balotra, Jalore, and Jodhpur. Despite being under police surveillance, Singh had managed to evade capture until now.
Singh began his smuggling network after recognizing the high profits in Marwar, where opium is a wedding prestige symbol. TNN
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