India News | Ganja Worth Rs 3 Cr Seized in MP's Shahdol District

Shahdol (MP), May 20 (PTI) Ganja worth Rs 3 crore was seized from outside a hut in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Tuesday.

At least 38 kg of the contraband was lying unclaimed near a hut in the forest of Girui Khurd under the Jaisinghnagar police station area, Shahdol Superintendent of Police Ramji Srivastava said.

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"The contraband was hidden in sacks in front of the hut. The police found 121 sacks of ganja," he said.

A criminal case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against an unidentified accused at Jaisinghnagar police station, and a probe is on to track down the accused, the official said.

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