Kota: A Rajasthan Police constable posted in Jhalawar district was arrested in Kota late Monday night after nearly Rs 14 lakh was recovered from his car over suspected links to illicit drug trafficking. No narcotic substances were found during the search.The accused, Manoj Malav, posted at Ghatoli police station in Jhalawar, was intercepted on Chatarpura Road near Chatarpura pond under Vigyan Nagar police station limits in a joint operation by the District Special Team (DST), Kota, and Vigyan Nagar police.Vigyan Nagar circle inspector Ramlaxman said the operation was launched following an input from Jhalawar police about suspected drug smuggling. Police recovered nearly Rs 14 lakh from the constable’s car and seized the vehicle.Police had received information that Malav had come to Kota to sell narcotics. However, no drugs were recovered during the search, the officer said.During questioning, Malav allegedly failed to provide a satisfactory explanation or establish the source of the cash, including where it came from or whom he had received it from.A case was registered against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Vigyan Nagar police station on the basis of the recovery and suspected links to proceeds from the illegal drug trade.Further investigation was handed over to Mahaveer Nagar SHO Harendra Singh. Malav was produced before a court Tuesday, which remanded him in police custody for four days for interrogation.Investigators are probing his possible links to drug trafficking networks, Singh said.
