Narpatganj police arrested a young man near Narpatganj market in Araria district on Tuesday after acting on a tip-off that ganja was being moved in an auto.[1] Police identified him as Chandrahas Yadav, a resident of Rampur Tika in Munger district and the son of Yogendra Yadav.[1] He was sent to judicial custody in Araria after the arrest.[1]

Officers stopped the hired auto near Narpatganj market, searched it and recovered nine kilograms of ganja.[1] Police said Yadav had boarded the hired auto in Badhara village with the ganja and was travelling toward Narpatganj market.[1] During questioning, officers learned that Pankaj Yadav, the son of Tarachand Yadav and a resident of Badhara, had loaded the ganja into the auto.[1] Police said Chandrahas Yadav planned to take the consignment to Munger to traffic it.[1]

Narpatganj station house officer Sanjay Kumar said one accused was arrested in the recovery and sent to judicial custody in Araria.[1] The operation began after police received a tip that a youth from Badhara had been given ganja for smuggling.[1]