Two youths were arrested and forwarded to court, here, on Friday, allegedly for trading ganja and seized about 38.690 kg of the contraband worth about Rs 1.5 lakh from them.
Sources said acting on a tipoff, a police team of the Plant site police station conducted a raid in Gophandhupalli area of the city on Friday morning and recovered about 38.690 kg of ganja from the spot. The ganja recovered was sealed in different packets, which suggested that it was being distributed to different outlets.
The arrested were identified as Bir Bahadur Tanti (22) and Nazir Ahemed (25). Significantly, Tanti is a resident of Gopabandhupalli area where as Ahemed is a native of Betia district of Bihar. “We are further investigating into the case,” said Plant site police station IIC Upendra Pradhan.