Jawa police of Aligarh district intercepted and arrested two members of the inter-State cannabis smugglers with cannabis worth Rs 45 lakh. During routine vehicle checking, police caught a cargo of container en route to Bulandshahar in which cannabis was hidden. SSP has announced a cash reward to the police team.
In a press conference at the police headquarter, SP Crime Dr. Arvind said that SO Abhay Kumar of Jawa with his team was checking vehicles at the CDF check post when a truck container approached but seeing the police, the truck driver turned back and started driving towards Maheshpur gate.
Following this, the vehicle was stopped. Truck driver Rishi Kumar, son of Raghunath Singh and Jeetendra alias Jeetu Kashyap, son of Sitaram residents of Ramnagar were arrested from the spot and 346.980 kg of cannabis recovered from a secret cabin in the closed body of the truck worth around Rs 45 lakh.
Interrogation revealed that the container have been brought from Odisha and was going to Anupshahar of Bulandshahar. SI Rohit Rathi and Aditya Shankar Tiwari etc. were in this team. Both criminals were sent to jail. Earlier also four criminals, with 11 quintals of cannabis of the same gang, were caught by the Kwarsi Police soon after unlock.