Latest News | Ganja Worth Rs 1.28 Crore Recovered While Checking Truck in UP, 2 Held

Kushinagar (UP), Jul 25 (PTI) Police busted an inter-state ganja smuggling gang and arrested two suspected smugglers in Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh , police said on Friday.

Illegal 'ganja' worth Rs 1.28 crore (565 kg) was recovered from a truck during checking near Bansi, they said.

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According to the police, two notorious smugglers identified as Sabir Ansari and Vipin Kumar, residents of Bettiah (West Champaran) district of Bihar were arrested.

Police registered a case against them under the NDPS Act and after completing the legal process, sent them both to jail.

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Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra said that during interrogation, the two men confessed to being part of a gang that smuggles illegal 'ganja' from different states and take it to Bihar in trucks and sell the contraband at different places there as per demand.

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