Delhi Crime Branch seizes 1,575 kg of ganja at Gazipur dairy farms
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police seized 1,575 kg of ganja hidden under lemons and cattle feed in a truck at Gazipur Dairy Farms on 31 August 2013; two men were arrested and a case was registered under the NDPS Act.
The Narcotics Cell of Delhi Police’s Crime Branchseized1,575 kg of ganja
from a truck at Gali No. 5 near Dharam Kanta, Gazipur Dairy Farms in Delhi on
31 August 2013, acting on a tip received the same day.[1][2]The Eicher
Canter, registration AP-16-TB 6956, was loaded with gunny bags whose upper
layers held lemons and cattle feed while the lower layers hid the ganja.[1][2]Police called it one of the biggest catches of recent times, worth about Rs 6
crore on the international market.[1][2]
Two men in the truck were arrested: 55-year-old driver Bhaskar Rao of Krishna
district, Andhra Pradesh, and 29-year-old T. Kumar of Trilokpuri, Delhi.[1][2]A case was registered at the Crime Branch police station as FIR No. 148/13
under sections 20 and 29 of the NDPS Act.[1][2]
Police said the consignment had been sourced from the Rajahmundry area of
Andhra Pradesh and was meant for delivery in Delhi to a man named Nagraj and
his associate Prashant Kale.[1][2]Bhaskar Rao told interrogators that Nagraj
offered him Rs 1 lakh per trip to drive ganja from Rajahmundry to Delhi, and
that the lemon and cattle-feed covering was used to mask the smell.[1][2]
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