Bhopal Crime Branch has arrested two female ganja smugglers. Total 16.5 kg of Cannabis packed in 9 packets has been seized from their possession, both women are old smugglers who have brought Cannabis from Visakhapatnam. There was a plan to sell it in retail in Bhopal. Action has been taken against the accused women under the NDPS Act. Both will be presented in the court today.
Additional DCP Shailendra Singh Chauhan said that on Tuesday night, information was received from the informer that two women were standing at Mangalwara Ground behind the Grand Hotel. Both had bags in their hands, in which a large quantity of Cannabis was filled. Both the smugglers have recently brought this Cannabis from Visakhapatnam to Bhopal and in Mangalwara came from the Bhopal railway station and were waiting for the customers.
Accused Kaushalya Bai Ahirwar has already gone to jail several times in the ganja smuggling case. After being released from jail, she again gets into smuggling business.
After the information the team was dispatched. The police laid siege and detained both the women. During interrogation, the accused women were identified as Reena (25), resident of Shyam Nagar Habibganj and Kaushalya Bai Ahirwar (65),
When asked about the backpack and trolley bag found with the women, both of them told that it was their own. There were 9 packets kept in both these bags. On checking them, 16.5 kg grams of Cannabis was found worth Rs 3.33 lakh.
Additional DCP said that the accused women had brought ganja from Visakhapatnam by train. In the past too, she had gone to jail in the case of drug smuggling.