During a night patrol on Monday 12 October, personnel of Jaisinghnagar police station in Shahdol district stopped a suspicious truck and found it loaded with cannabis packed in 18 sacks and 81 packets, 735 kg in all, according to an official release announced on Tuesday.[1] The load was split between bulk sacks and dozens of smaller packets, and police also seized the truck itself and three mobile phones, putting the total estimated value of the confiscated goods at Rs 1.13 crore.[1]
The truck driver and his assistant were arrested on the spot on Monday; both are residents of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, and a case was registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1] The release, carried by PTI on the night of 13 October, named no source for the consignment and no destination, and gave no quantities beyond the 735 kg seized from the truck.[1]