Udalguri: A person suspected to be involved in an interstate ganja smuggling racket was arrested in Udalguri’s Paharpur on Friday.
A police source said that acting on a tip-off, the Mazbat Police apprehended one person suspected to be a “drug peddler” and seized a huge consignment of ganja weighing 630 kilograms.
Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge!
The suspected ganja was being carried in four vehicles near Paharpur village under Lalpool Outpost along the Assam-Arunachal border on Friday morning.
Also Read: Meet underlines importance involving corporate for elimination of TB in Assam
On intercepting the vehicles, based on certain inputs, few managed to escape leaving the vehicles behind but one person was apprehended by the police.
Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge!
He was identified as Ansai Daimari, a resident of Adarsha Bahadur village of Mazbat in Udalguri district.
A case was registered following his apprehension and four vehicles were seized on the spot.
The impounded vehicles, Hyundai I20(AS12V0868) , Hyundai I20(AS06Q0877), Tata Indigo(AS01AF8841) and Maruti Swift Dzire(AR01J2843) are being investigated as well.
Also Read: Assam: Woman along with her children run over by train in Guwahati
The seized material has been suspected to have been in the dense forest areas along the Assam-Arunachal border.
Mazbat on the other hand is used as the transit route for the ganja or cannabis.