India News | 70 Kg of Ganja Seized in Jharkhand

Jamshedpur, Oct 30 (PTI) The police on Saturday seized 70 kg of ganja from a four-wheeler during a vehicle checking drive on National Highway 33 in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur city.

The seized contraband is valued at more than Rs 9 lakh, the East Singhbhum district police said.

Also Read | Shirur Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra: Sitting MLA, Candidates For Assembly Elections 2019, Results And Winners.

Following a tip-off, the police were checking vehicles in Narga locality under MGM police station.

When the policemen asked the driver of a car bearing West Bengal registration number to stop, he sped away. The police gave it a chase and managed to stop it at Baliguma.

Also Read | Odisha BSE 10th Result 2019 Not Today: Class 10 Board Exam Scores to Be Declared Soon Online at bseodisha.ac.in; Here's List of Website to Check Marks.

The occupants of the car, however, fled leaving the vehicle behind, police said.

Altogether 70 packets, each containing one kg of ganja, were found inside the car.

A case under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered in this regard.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)