- विज्ञापन -
Agartala: Tripura Police on Monday seized about 960 kg of dry Ganja (marijuana) cannabis valued at Rs 4 crore at the Churaibari inter-state gate along Assam in northern Tripura district, officials said.
A Police official said this was one of the biggest seizures of drugs this year. He said that the drugs were concealed inside electric transformers while being ferried in a Guwahati-bound truck.
A police team acting on secret information launched an operation led by Churaibari police station Officer-in-Charge Khokan Saha and intercepted the vehicle before it crossed over to neighbouring Assam.
During the search of the electric transformers, police noticed that the nuts of several electric equipment were unusually loose, raising suspicion.
A technical team later searched the transformers and found the Ganja, contained in 96 packets, inside these machines. The driver, Ardesh Kumar (42), and his assistant, Pramod Kumar (59), both hailing from Uttar Pradesh, were arrested.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985.
