Two smugglers arrested with 36 kg ganja in UP
Baghpat (IANS) | With the arrest of two persons in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, a joint operation by Kotwali police station and SOG claimed to have busted an interstate drug syndicate. Around 36 kg of marijuana was recovered hidden in the back seat of the car. The accused have been identified as Anuj and Mohit, residents of Gautam Budh Nagar and Baghpat. According to the police, information was received regarding the delivery of a consignment of narcotics (Ganja) and it was also established that the consignment was going in a car.
Circle Officer Baghpat (CO) Vijay Kumar Chowdhary said on Thursday, the local police received information about the accused involved in drug peddling and conducted a checking operation near the Delhi-Yamunotri National Highway on Wednesday.
The police team saw two people standing near the Baghpat block development office with a luxury car in suspicious condition, and seeing the police team approaching, the suspects started running, the police laid siege and caught both the accused.
He said that on examination of the car, it was found that the rear seat of the car was slightly higher than its size. When in doubt, on examination, there was a hidden space at the bottom covered with a wooden plate, which was fixed by means of screws. It was specifically designed for the purpose of concealing prohibited material.
After removing the wooden plate, around 36 kg of marijuana (ganja) was recovered from the cavity of the car, the officer said.
During police interrogation, he revealed that he used to buy and sell narcotics. In this operation, 36 kg of Ganja drug and a car have been seized from their possession.
He said that the accused Anuj, while confessing to the crime, said that he was transporting the consignment of cannabis from Andhra Pradesh to Kairana area in a luxury car and wanted to earn financial profit by selling it at high prices in the nearby districts. The criminal history of the arrested accused is being inquired by the local police.
The CO said, the police have arrested the driver of the vehicle, Anuj, and one of his helpers, Mohit. And a case has been registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985 at Baghpat Kotwali police station.
–IANS
