Ganja worth Rs 3 lakh seized, two arrested
In a major operation, Tripura Police arrested two persons and seized cannabis (ganja) worth Rs 3 lakh from Dharmanagar railway station area on Thursday mid-night.
The police stated that an anti- narcotics operation was conducted by the Dharmanagar police station on Thursday mid-night. During the operation police arrested two drug peddlers. Police found 30 kilograms of ganja packed in five packets from their possession. The arrested drug peddlers have been identified as Dilkhus Kumar and Niraj Kumar both residents of Bihar.
Moreover, the estimated value of the confiscated cannabis (ganja) in the illicit market amounts to approximately Rs 3 lakh. The seized cannabis (ganja) was intended for smuggling purposes beyond Tripura’s borders, police said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against the arrested drug peddlers.
However, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha has called on Tripura to get rid of drugs. Police are seizing crores worth of heroin, brown sugar, cannabis (ganja) and arresting traffickers, but the real kingpins remain out of reach, which is why the state is not moving towards a drug-free state despite so many anti-drug campaigns.
