PATNA: The police reportedly recovered several items of postal department including postal stamps, postal orders, envelopes and 30 small packets of smack from an alleged den of city-based smack dealers in Ramji Chak area under the Digha police station on Saturday. The recovered postal items are said to be about Rs 10 lakh while the recovered smack is valued at Rs 30,000.
The police have also arrested four persons in this connection. The recovered postal items were earlier looted from a post office, the police sources said.
Police sources said a raid was conducted to recover these items by a special team of Patna police from the spot without informing the Digha police station. The arrested persons have been identified as Amarendra Singh alias Amarjit Singh, Rajiv Singh, Ranjit and Rajkumar Jha. The special police team which comprised of probationer DSP Baliram Choudhari and Chowk police station officer-in-charge R K Karn, was reportedly sent by DSP S B Sharma.