The district police have seized a huge quantity of marijuana from a jeep by arresting two persons in Bistupur late evening. Those arrested were identified as Mohammed Firoz Khan and lalbabu Kumar, both residents of Bhojpur district in Bihar.
According to senior SP, Amol V Homkar, the seized marijuana weighed 105 kilograms and in the international market the cost is estimated at Rs 10 lakh. Homkar said that the arrested persons Khan and Kumar were carrying the smuggled consignment of marijuana from Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha to Bihar. Homkar said the investigation is on, adding that they are trying to arrest Upendra Pandey, Shankar Dada and the owner of the jeep in which the marijuana was being carried.