230 kg Ganja seized in Bengal, two arrested
Saturday - August 25, 2018 12:44 am ,
Category : INDIA
230 kg Ganja seized in Bengal, two arrested
Kolkata Aug 25 (IANS) The city unit of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday seized 230 kgs of ganja from a vehicle in West Bengal s Alipurduar district and arrested two residents of Assam in this connection a senior NCB official said.
The seizure was made from Alipurduar district s Madarihat area during a joint operation by the NCB personnel and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers.
"The two accused both residents of Assam s Dhubri district brought the contraband worth Rs 40 lakh from Assam and were travelling to a nearby Falakata railway station when they were arrested from the truck. They were planning to take the contraband to Kolkata " Zonal Director of Bureau s Kolkata unit Dilip Kumar Srivastava said in a release.
"The two arrested accused will be produced in the Jalpaiguri court along with the seized contraband on Saturday for further legal action " he added.
--IANS mgr/nir
The seizure was made from Alipurduar district s Madarihat area during a joint operation by the NCB personnel and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers.
"The two accused both residents of Assam s Dhubri district brought the contraband worth Rs 40 lakh from Assam and were travelling to a nearby Falakata railway station when they were arrested from the truck. They were planning to take the contraband to Kolkata " Zonal Director of Bureau s Kolkata unit Dilip Kumar Srivastava said in a release.
"The two arrested accused will be produced in the Jalpaiguri court along with the seized contraband on Saturday for further legal action " he added.
--IANS mgr/nir
