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NCB Seizes 500 Kg Ganja Hidden Among Steel Pipes
The Narcotics Control Bureau stopped a truck in Nagpur on Sunday.
Officers found 500 kilograms of ganja hidden among steel pipes.
The truck had come from Sambalpur in Odisha.
The drugs were meant to reach a person in Nagpur and then be sent to Jalna and Indore.
The steel pipes had been loaded in Kolkata for delivery to Indore.
Three people were arrested, including the alleged receiver.
Officials say the group used different routes to avoid detection.
The investigation is continuing, and officers are looking for other people connected to the network.
The Narcotics Control Bureau’s Mumbai team intercepted a goods truck in Nagpur and seized 500 kg of ganja.
The ganja was concealed among steel pipes in a truck that originated in Sambalpur, Odisha.
The consignment was intended for a Nagpur receiver and was to be distributed in Jalna and Indore.
Three people, including the driver, another transporter and the alleged receiver, were arrested.
The NCB is investigating the wider interstate trafficking network and seeking other associates.
- Who
- The Narcotics Control Bureau’s Mumbai team arrested three people, including the alleged receiver.
- What
- Officers seized 500 kg of ganja concealed among steel pipes in a truck.
- Where
- The truck was intercepted in Nagpur, Maharashtra; it had originated in Sambalpur, Odisha.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not provide a calendar date.
- Why
- The consignment was allegedly being transported to Nagpur for distribution in Jalna and Indore.
Key facts
- Drug seized
- 500 kg of ganja
- Concealment
- Among steel pipes in a commercial goods truck
- Interception location
- Nagpur
- Reported origin
- Sambalpur, Odisha
- Intended distribution
- Jalna and Indore
- Arrests
- Three people, including the driver and alleged receiver
- Investigation status
- The NCB is investigating and pursuing other alleged associates.
Quotes
NCB official
An official of the Narcotics Control Bureau who described the intelligence and operation.
“A credible information was developed which led to identification of two West Bengal based persons named RP Goldar and A.Sarkar who were intending to transport a huge Ganja consignment from Odisha for delivery to Nagpur based receiver named SAS Yusuf alias Rajabhai. Accordingly, NCB Mumbai team immediately laid out a trap in Nagpur and initiated to track the transporters through active intelligence sources.”
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