Ranchi/Garhwa, Four people were arrested and a total of 441 kg of ganja worth ₹ 2.2 crore was seized in separate operations in Jharkhand, officials said on Monday.
“Acting on a tip-off, police searched the vehicle to recover the contraband. The seized ganja and all four accused were handed over to the Ranchi Government Railway Police for further action, it added. In Garhwa district, police seized 426 kg of ganja valued at around ₹ 2.13 crore from a container truck parked near the Kalyanpur Overbridge under the jurisdiction of Garhwa police station on Sunday, a police officer said. During the operation, police recovered 426 kg of ganja from the truck, wrapped in 426 plastic packets weighing one kg each. In a separate operation, the Railway Protection Force arrested four interstate drug peddlers from a general coach of the Hatia-Islampur Express and seized 15 kg of ganja from their possession at the Tatisilway Railway station on Saturday night, an official statement said. The estimated market value of the seized ganja is around ₹ 7.5 lakh.
The seized contraband was hidden in a secret chamber of the truck,” Garhwa SP Ashutosh Shekhar said. No one has yet been arrested in this connection, as no person was present in the vehicle during the operation, he said, adding that the seized truck has a registration number from Uttar Pradesh.
Police initiated a detailed investigation into the matter after lodging a case under the NDPS Act, the officer said.
