In a major success police busted an inter-state cannabis smuggler gang and seized 1.50 quintal of cannabis (ganja) worth around Rs 17.50 lakh. The accused were trying to smuggle cannabis from Odisha to Delhi, when they were held police said on Thursday.
Station House Officer Bhanpuri, BP Gupta informed that the arrested accused are natives of Delhi and were trying to smuggle cannabis in a Delhi passing multi utility vehicle (MUV). “We had inputs that some people moving towards Raipur on a MUV were carrying huge quantity of banned weed. Accordingly checking was hiked in check posts and the accused were nabbed who had hidden cannabis in plastic bags,” the SHO informed adding around 1.5 quintal of cannabis has been seized from their possession.
Police said that the accused were identified as Rajkumar, Rakesh and Arjun all natives of Delhi. They were involved cannabis smuggling racket since a long. They told police of bringing the consignment from some village in Odisha. A case under the relevant sections of Narcotics Act has been registered against them, SHO said.