The Local Crime Branch of Ahilyanagar Police, in a joint operation with Sangamner city police, seized 152.61 kg of ganja worth Rs 76.3 lakh being smuggled to Pune.[1] On directions from Ahilyanagar SP Mummaka Sudarshan, LCB PI Santosh Mutkule formed a special task force led by PSI Vikas Jadhav; on Monday, while collecting criminal intelligence in Sangamner city, the team tipped that a large drug consignment was moving from Nashik toward Sangamner in a car of a specific registration number.[1]
Police laid a trap near Saykhindi Phata along the Nashik-Pune highway, intercepted the vehicle and searched it before witnesses, seizing the ganja; occupants Dattatray Ichake, 33, and Shrihari Midgule, 35, both from Shirur in Pune district, were taken into custody.[1] Police also seized the car valued at Rs 12 lakh, two fake high-security registration plates, mobile phones, Rs 17,970 in cash and empty plastic packaging material.[1]