The Central Bureau of Narcotics has seized 595.420 kg of poppy straw powder hidden in the floor of a truck in Madhya Pradesh and arrested two people.
Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the bureau's MP Unit intercepted a Punjab-registered Tata truck near Badnawar in Dhar district. A joint team had kept watch along the suspected route. A search found 60 plastic bags of the powder in a specially built cavity in the truck's floor.
What happens next
The contraband and the truck were seized, and the two occupants were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The Finance Ministry said investigation is continuing to identify the source of the drugs and the network behind their transport and distribution.
The two are accused; the release names no one and does not say where the consignment was headed.
Source: official release by the Ministry of Finance, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (02 NOV 2026 12:34PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) MP Unit seizes 595.420 kg poppy straw powder; two arrested.
How we verified this
VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2331788) issued by the Ministry of Finance on 02 NOV 2026 12:34PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) MP Unit seizes 595.420 kg poppy straw powder; two arrested — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
