Bareilly, March 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Police busted an opium supply chain and arrested a key supplier with 443 grams of Opium following a chase operation in Bareilly.

As per the press release, the accused, identified as Puran Lal Verma alias Naksu (58), was apprehended on March 25 by the Special Staff of East District after sustained surveillance and technical intelligence inputs. Police recovered 443 grams of opium from his possession.

The arrest is linked to an earlier case dated February 22, when one Gyani Ram from Village Mansa Rampur was caught with 1 kg of opium, leading to the registration of an FIR under the NDPS Act. Investigations into that case had pointed towards Verma as a key supplier in the network.

A police team led by In...