Police in Bihar’s Madhubani district arrested two men on Thursday after stopping their car on national highway NH-27 and finding 73 kg of ganja (cannabis) in it.[1] Officers from Bhairavsthan police station acted on a tip-off that a car was carrying a large quantity of ganja from Triveniganj in Supaul district towards Delhi.[2] They set up a vehicle check on NH-27 near Khadrak village.[2] A suspected car coming from Triveniganj was signalled to stop, and when those inside tried to flee, the team surrounded the car, stopped it and began searching it.[2]

The ganja was hidden under the boot and the seats.[2] The recovered ganja was seized and sealed.[2] The car used to carry it was also taken into police custody.[2]