Patna crime: 900 drug syringes found in Patna, police raid and arrest one accused - patna police seize 900 drug needles one arrested drug bust

Updated: Wed, Oct 22, 2025 12:19 (IST) Patna police, who have been cracking down on drugs, have conducted raids in Gardnibagh and Kankarbagh. During this period, 900 intoxicating needles were found and a person named Sagar Kumar was arrested. The police received information that the illegal storage of intoxicating needles is being done in Anisabad. Police are busting a huge network based on data obtained from seized cellphones. Jagran Correspondent, Patna. The police campaign continues against those who smuggle drugs as well as intoxicating needles. The special team of Patna Police raided for the second time in three days and recovered 900 intoxicating needles from Gardanibagh and Kankarbagh and arrested one person. Remove Advertisement Read Only News The accused has been identified as Sagar Kumar. Rs 36 thousand cash, 10 mobile phones and other items were seized from him. However, one of his companions managed to escape. The police received information that the illegal storage of intoxicating needles was done in a house in Anisabad. After this, in the raid, Sagar Kumar was caught with 400 needles. On Sagar’s insistence, 500 intoxicating needles, cash and mobile phones were recovered from Shatrughan’s hideout in a slum near Kankarbagh police station. Police are busting a huge network based on data obtained from the seized mobile phone. I was told that these needles are available in doctor’s shops, but they are black marketed in large quantities. It was used as an intoxicant. A day before Diwali, a large cache of drug injections and sleeping pills was recovered and seven smugglers were arrested. During the raids in Kankarbagh and Patna City, 15,700 injections, 76 thousand sleeping pills and Rs 4.38 lakh were found. The arrested Brajesh Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Ganesh Kumar, Chhotu Kumar, Bittu Kumar, Sahil Kumar and Nitish Kumar were active in this illegal business for a year. Search for missing: 26-year-old son of Vinod Mahato, resident of Khajekalan police station area, Mogalpura Lala Toli, left home at 7 pm on October 4 and did not return. After many searches, he notified the police 13 days after his disappearance and requested an investigation.