Tripura: Police Captures Dry Ganja From Truck

CHURAIBARI: A team of officials from the police force were able to seize a vehicle loaded with a narcotic substance hidden in its body. The truck was captured while trying to smuggle the ganja into Assam.

Based on intelligence reports, the Churaibari Police stopped a seemingly empty truck at a check post. On proper checking of the vehicle bearing registration number CG 04 FD 9489, the police officials discovered huge amounts of dried ganja. The team also informed that the vehicle was coming from Tripura to Assam and about 300 kilos of narcotics.

The total value of the narcotic substances is said to be about Rs 40 lakhs according to the police officials. The driver of the vehicle Radheshyam Dubey aged 60 years was arrested by the police team and a case was registered against him under the NDPS Act. He is said to belong to the Khusinagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place in the afternoon of Monday and the accused will be produced in the Dharmanagar District and Sessions Court on Tuesday.

Also, as a part of the continued crackdown against drugs, a joint team of Arunachal Police in Namsai arrested two suspected drug peddlers with a huge quantity of contraband substances worth Rs 17.15 lakh. The well-executed raid conducted in the wee hours under the close supervision of the newly posted Superintendent of Police, S. Thinley, led to the arrest of two much-chased drug wholesale dealers in the district.

The arrested kingpins of the drug market have been identified as Bhaskar Gogoi and Putulon Gogoi, both residents of Bogamur Pahargaon village in Namsai. The anti-drug squad constituted for this purpose also recovered as many as 49 soap cases containing suspected heroin weighing approximately 499.15 grams. Besides this, an amount of Rs 30,500 believed to be proceeds from drug sales was also seized during the operation.

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