Truck driver arrested with 'doda post' worth Rs 1 crore in Bihar

A truck driver was arrested with nearly 3,900 kg of 'doda post' (a kind of opium), worth Rs 1 crore, under Sri Kolayat Police Station limits here, police said Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, barricades were set up on Bikaner-Jaisalmer Highway, they said. The police signalled a truck driver to stop at the post but he sped away, prompting the police to chase him, Bikaner SP Swai Singh Godara said.

He said the accused driver Ramgopal Bishnoi, a resident of Jodhpur, was arrested however a car escorting the truck managed to escape the scene.

Narcotic substance worth Rs 1 crore was seized and the matter was being investigated, police said. The arrested was booked under the NDPS Act.