Pradhannagar police recovered a large quantity of ganja from a four-wheeled vehicle in the Gurungbasti area under Pradhannagar police station on Sunday night.[1] Police arrested one trafficker in connection with the ganja smuggling.[1] Police identified the arrested man as Ranjan De.[1] Police said De is a resident of Balurghat.[1] He was produced before the Siliguri subdivisional court on Monday.[1]
Pradhannagar police carried out the operation in Gurungbasti in Siliguri after receiving information from a secret source.[1] Officers stopped a vehicle on the basis of specific information and searched it.[1] The search recovered 35 kg of ganja, the local term for cannabis.[1] The ganja had been hidden in a secret chamber of the vehicle.[1] Police seized the vehicle used for the smuggling.[1] The report put the seized ganja’s current market value at more than one lakh rupees.[1]
Police said the seized ganja had been brought from Cooch Behar.[1] Police said there was a plan to smuggle it to Balurghat.[1] Police filed a case against De under the NDPS Act, India’s narcotics law.[1] Police said they were examining who else was involved in the trafficking.[1] The Siliguri Police Commissionerate said it was continuing its drive against drugs.[1]