Police Recover Missing Silicon Truck After Driver Drugged and Abandoned

Four days after a group of criminals drugged the driver of a silicon‑laden truck and abandoned it near Madhubani, the vehicle resurfaced in Patna’s Flood Police Station area.

The truck, carrying an estimated 40 tonnes of silicon worth around INR 6 million, was en route from Bhutan to a production unit in Ahmedabad. The driver, rendered unconscious by a narcotic, was dumped on the roadside and later managed to inform his employer from a hospital.

GPS data indicated the vehicle’s last legitimate coordinate was a toll plaza in Muzaffarpur at 4 a.m. on November 4, after which the tracking stopped. Police located the truck in a derelict state close to Jamunichak village and seized it, returning it to the owner.

The incident has prompted a manhunt for the suspects responsible for the drugging, theft, and abandonment of the high‑value silicon cargo.