STF seizes 120 kg of Guwahati ganja at Kushinagar dhaba, arrests three
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force and local police stopped a container truck from Guwahati near a dhaba at Abhinayakpur in Kushinagar district on 13 April 2025 and seized 120.26 kg of ganja from hidden compartments. Three members of the smuggling syndicate were arrested and an NDPS case was filed.
🇮🇳 near Swastik Dhaba, Abhinayakpur, Kasya, Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh · India
Acting on a tip-off received on 13 April 2025 that a container truck from Guwahati was carrying a large quantity of ganja toward Kushinagar, Special Task Force teams with local police stopped it near Swastik Dhaba at Abhinayakpur in the Kasya area on Sunday evening.[1][2]Inside hidden compartments in the container they found 120.26 kilograms of ganja and arrested three members of the smuggling syndicate.[1][2]
Police identified the men as Ajay Yadav of Mau district, driver Vipin Kumar Pal and conductor Suhail Khan, both of Etawah district.[1][2]Yadav said Sandeep Yadav of Mau had sent him to Guwahati with a promise of Rs 15,000 for bringing the truck back, while Pal said he was promised Rs 50,000 for driving the consignment from Guwahati to Mau.[1]Police valued the haul at about Rs 72 lakh, seized the container truck with registration HR-55 AK 1767, and filed a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[2][1]
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