Nagpur, 28 Feb

(HS): With the Holi festival three days away the Department of Revenue Intelligence,

Nagpur Unit seized 1,250 km of Ganja (Marijuana) from two operations, from an

inter-state drug smugglers’ gang on Friday. The narcotics were being smuggled

fro Odisha to different parts of North India via Nagpur, The mastermind of the gang

was also nabbed by Nagpur Police.

In the first

operation a Bolero pick-up van was intercepted leading towards Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan

border from POdisha-Andhra Pradesh border. Police recovered 729 kg of Ganja in

142 packets concealed under the raw ginger cargo. The value of the Ganja seized

is about Rs 3.64 crore. Police also seized the vehicle and an offence under the

NDPS Act was registered. One of the two people arrested in this connection was

the mastermind of the racket. He was involved in many cases and was reported

absconding as per police records.

In another

operation DRI intercepted a truck travelling from Odisha, at Bhaigimahari Toll

Plaza ion the National Higway No, 17 and seized 522 packets of ganja in 100

pachets concealed below the cargo of coolers, table fans and blankets. The

value of the seized Ganja is Rs 2.61 crore. Two people were arrested in this

connection.

MD Peddler held: A team of Wathoda Police in Nagpur seized 15 gm of

Mephedrone (MD) from a drug peddler Sachin Wasnik (49) in Darshan Colony. He

was carrying the narcotic drug on his two-wheeler. The drug and the vehicle

seized are worth Rs 2,34,440.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar