In a massive drugs bust, the North Tripura district police on Monday recovered 1,200 kilograms of dry ganja (marijuana) at the Tripura-Assam border. Two people from Bihar have been arrested in this regard.
Superintendent of Police (SP) North Tripura, Bhanupada Chakraborty, has informed that the consignment worth around Rs 1.2 crore was hidden in an oil tanker and seized from the Tripura-Assam border.
“On the basis of secret information regarding an oil tanker with a Nagaland registration number, a search was conducted and a total of 1,200 kilograms of ganja in 60 packets weighing 20 kilograms each was recovered,” he said.
The accused identified as Umesh Singh and Pappy Ray, were arrested while travelling to Guwahati from Agartala.
The vehicle and the consignment of ganja have been seized and a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered with the Churaibari police station.
An investigation is currently underway.
