The police on Friday morning busted an inter-state gang of marijuana smugglers by arresting three persons at Bahragora under Ghatshila sub-division. While making the arrest, the police seized 40 Kgs of marijuana from the possession of those arrested.
Those arrested were identified Shailesh Kuswaha and Amit Kumar Rajpur, both residents of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Raju Ansari, a resident of Buxar district in Bihar.
According to information the marijuana was packed in 20 sacks had been stuffed inside the cabin of a container which was coming from Odisha and was heading for Uttar Pradesh.
Acting on a tip off the police raided the vehicle and confiscated the consignment of marijuana. It is for the first time that the police have succeeded in arresting marijuana smugglers along with confiscating the narcotic stuff.
Superintendent of police (rural) Md Arshi said it is a major achievement of the forces. They got a tip off that a consignment of marijuana was loaded inside a container which was carrying some industrial goods to Uttar Pradesh.
“We rushed to the sopt to see that the container was parked near a ‘dhaba’ at Kesarda village along the NH-33 in Baharagora. Acting on a preplanned strategy a police team arrived at the eatery and surrounded all those who were there.