NCB intercepts 75 kg of ganja in a Maruti on a Hooghly road
Narcotics Control Bureau officers led by Superintendent D.K. Ghosh stopped a Maruti on 30 May 2002 in Hooghly district and seized 75 kg of ganja, arresting two men; bureau sources linked the load to smuggling from near Dimapur in Nagaland toward Kolkata and Hooghly markets.
On 30 May 2002 Narcotics Control Bureau officers led by Superintendent D.K. Ghosh intercepted a
Maruti carrying 75 kg of ganja in Hooghly district and arrested two men.[1]The Times of India
said one of the detainees was a repeat offender who had turned to the trade after an earlier jail
term.[1]
Bureau sources told the paper that consignments were being driven from Nagaland via Guwahati,
Siliguri and Berhampore toward receivers around Nabadwip and markets in Kolkata and the Hooghly
industrial belt.[1]They described the cannabis as high-grade “Manipuri ganja” cultivated and
processed near Dimapur, fetching about Rs 2,500 per kg in markets they tracked.[1]The report
does not name the suspects, the exact road location or any court filing.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The Times of India story names no exact intercept site within Hooghly district and gives no charges or court outcome for the two arrestees.
Only this Times of India piece could be opened for the 30 May 2002 stop; NCB did not publish a separate statement in the sources checked.
Bureau sources described the cannabis as “Manipuri ganja” sold at about Rs 2,500 per kg in national markets; that price is their estimate, not a figure tied to this load.
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