16-yr-old boy held with Rs 1.98 lakh opium

SURAT: A 16-year-old boy from Rajasthan was detained by Gujarat's Surat police after they seized opium worth Rs 1.98 lakh from his school bag, which was supposed to be delivered to a local person, an official said on Thursday. The Class 9 student, a resident of Itawa village in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan, who was allegedly hired as a drug peddler, was held on Wednesday soon after he arrived in a bus at Niyol check post on the outskirts of Surat city, he said. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the boy was hired by one Gopal Sharma, a native of Itawa village, to deliver the contraband to an unidentified person in Surat, Assistant Commissioner of Police BJ Chavda said.