2,500 kg of marijuana worth Rs 15 crore seized by cops, 2 arrestedPosted by On


Assam police on Thursday foiled inter-state smuggling by intercepting a truck carrying more than two thousand kilos of contraband drugs (Ganja) near the Jorabat area, along the Assam-Meghalaya border. “Two persons have been arrested,” officials said. Acting on a tip-off, an operation was launched by a team of Guwahati city police and intercepted a truck, on its way to mainland Assam from Manipur, carrying Manipuri Ganja, worth Rs 15 crore.

Following the arrest of two persons, the truck and the high-quality Ganja have been seized, officials said. “In the last couple of days, we have been working on information and got successful, today morning around 7 am, after we intercepted a truck along the Assam-Meghalaya border,” Joint Commissioner of Police, Guwahati, Partha Sarathi Mahanta, leading the operation said.


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“During the search, we found very high-quality Ganja which was concealed in the truck. We have arrested two persons and seized approximately 2500 kilos of ganja that was going to Assam, Guwahati towards the mainland for further distribution to various parts of the country. The market value of the seized ganja is estimated at around Rs 60,000 per kilo,” Partha added.

“This is one of the biggest seizures,” Partha Sarathi Mahanta underlined. The investigation into this matter is underway and further information is…

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