Bhimnagar police in Supaul district arrested two alleged smugglers with 18 kilograms of ganja on Wednesday.[1][2] The two men were identified as Amarjit Kumar and Mithun Kumar, both residents of Khagaria district.[1][2] Officers chased the two motorcycle riders after a tip about ganja smuggling and surrounded them near the Baratpur-Kataiya border.[1][2]

Police said they had received a secret tip that ganja was being smuggled by motorcycle.[1] A search of the pair recovered 18 kilograms of ganja, which police seized along with the Yamaha motorcycle used for smuggling.[1][2] Police estimated the seized ganja’s value at about 720,000 rupees, at 40,000 rupees per kilogram.[1]

Bhimnagar station head Manish Kumar, sub-inspector Vipin Kumar and other police personnel took part in the operation, and Basantpur circle officer Brajesh Kumar Singh reached the spot after being informed.[1] The required legal formalities were completed in the circle officer’s presence before the accused, ganja and motorcycle were taken to the police station.[1] Police said the two men are being questioned to establish where the ganja came from, to whom it was to be supplied and who else is linked to the trade, and that a case has been registered for further legal action.[1][2]

The arrested men were 29-year-old Mithun Kumar and 23-year-old Amarjeet Kumar of Ward No. 18 in the Mansi police station area.[2] Police waited at Raghunathpur Ward No. 4 for the suspect motorcycle before attempting to stop it.[2] Police said they acted on secret information that a ganja consignment would be smuggled from Nepal.[2]