78 g of ganja and 67 packets seized in Muzaffarpur raid; suspect at large
Muzaffarpur Sadar police in Bihar raided an old hut-house in Yaduvanshi Nagar based on a confidential tip-off and seized 78 grams of ganja and 67 empty plastic packets used for making retail cannabis packets. The main accused, a resident of Bahadur Nagar, escaped when police arrived; a case was registered under the NDPS Act and police said they were searching his likely locations to arrest him.
Muzaffarpur Sadar police raided an old hut-house near Mehta Field in Yaduvanshi
Nagar, adjacent to Yadav Nagar, based on a confidential tip-off about illegal
cannabis being hidden and sold there.[1]The search seized78 grams of illegal
ganja and 67 small empty plastic packets kept for making puriya, the local term
for small retail cannabis packets.[1]
The main accused, Sushil Kumar, a resident of Bahadur Nagar, escaped when police
arrived, using darkness and narrow lanes to flee the scene.[1]
A case was registered at Sadar Thana against Sushil Kumar under the applicable
sections of the NDPS Act, and police said they were conducting searches at his
likely locations with a view to arresting him.[1]
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Karimnagar district police burned about 19 kg of ganja, valued at Rs 9.50 lakh, seized in 47 NDPS cases across various police station limits in Jagityal town. District SP Ashok Kumar said the disposal followed the district Drug Disposal Committee, NDPS Act provisions and environmental pollution control guidelines.
Police seized five kilograms of ganja at Chillagumpu in Dammapeta mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem district. Circle Inspector Nagaraju Reddy said police would expand patrolling and act firmly against ganja transport and sales as local cases rise.
A joint team of Jaynagar police and Bihar excise officers seized 73.4 kg of ganja from a pickup and arrested two smugglers from Patna and Vaishali. The pickup was also seized and no charge or court outcome had been reported.
Bokaro Government Railway Police say they recovered about 41 kg of ganja in four train seizures over the past eight months, with no smuggler arrested. The force says three hauls came from the Dhanbad-Alleppy Express and one from the Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar Express, likely moved from Odisha.
