94 kg of ganja seized from speeding car in Amtali; driver arrested
Police and Tripura State Rifles officers chased down a speeding Maruti car at Choumohani Bazar near Amtali and seized 94 kg of dried cannabis. The driver, Akash Barman of Konaban, was arrested and is being interrogated about a wider smuggling network.
Police and Tripura State Rifles (TSR) officers seized94 kg of dried cannabis from a Maruti car during a highway check in the Amtali area.[1]The car was signalled to stop but sped toward Bishalgarh, and a police team led by Anti-Narcotics SP Shyamananda Sharma, Amtali SDPO Paramita Pandey and Amtali police station chief Paritosh Das chased it down and intercepted it at Chaumuhani Bazaar.[1]
Police identified the driver as Akash Barman of Konaban under Madhupur police station, who tried to escape but was arrested.[1]A forensic team examined the seizure in the presence of Bikramnagar tehsildar Alok Chakraborty and Sadar subdivision administration representatives, and police confirmed the recovery of 94 kg of cannabis.[1]Barman was being interrogated at Amtali Police Station while investigators probed whether others were involved in the smuggling network.[1]
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