huge quantities of cannabis seized
huge quantities of cannabis seized Photo: Northeast Now

Once again the churraebari police in North district of Tripura has received a massive appraisal after they successfully detained a 12 wheeler truck with dry cannabis on Saturday.

Although there are allegations against police of being lenient in their work, they have successfully detained the 12 wheeler truck with 509kg of dry cannabis.

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During regular patrolling churraebari PS SI Sukramani Debbarma detained the 12 wheeler truck bearing number WB 59 A 5341 under suspicious circumstances. However the driver and his assistant managed to flee from the spot.

While checking the truck, the police found a total of 500 kg of dry cannabis amounting to Rs 25 lakhs, said SP Bhanupada Chakraborty.

According to the preliminary investigation police is suspecting that the truck was heading towards Assam with the dry cannabis. Further investigation is underway.

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