Driver held with 439.7 kg ganja at Raidhak Bridge in Cooch Behar
A joint Kolkata Police STF and Cooch Behar police team seized 439.7 kg of ganja from a truck at Raidhak Bridge Naka Point in Tufanganj and arrested driver Gill Gurdeo Singh. Police said the consignment came from Manipur and was bound for Jharkhand, and registered a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Raidhak Bridge Naka Point, Tufanganj, Cooch Behar, West Bengal · India
A joint team of the Special Task Force of Kolkata Police and Coochbehar District
Police intercepted a heavy goods vehicle at the Raidhak Bridge Naka Point under
Tufanganj Police Station.[1]The operation was based on intelligence inputs.[1]The driver was 39-year-old Gill Gurdeo Singh, a resident of Vadodara in
Gujarat.[1]The vehicle bore registration number GJ 06 AU 8470.[1]
Police searched the vehicle under videography and in the presence of the Joint
Block Development Officer of Tufanganj.[1]Police found 439.7 kg of ganja,
known locally as ganja, concealed in hidden chambers at the base of the vehicle.[1]Singh could not give a satisfactory explanation for the consignment and was
immediately arrested.[1]
Preliminary interrogation indicated that the ganja had been sourced from Manipur
and was intended for delivery in Jharkhand.[1]A case under the Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered at Tufanganj Police Station.[1]Further investigations were under way to pursue the inter-state supply chain.[1]
Case data
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Arrested
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Cannabis
439.7 kg
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Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Setting
Other building
Case stage
Under investigation
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Bhaskar Englishbhaskarenglish.inKolkata Police STF seizes 439 kg ganja in Coochbehar: Arrests driver, drug laden vehicle from Manipur bound for Jharkhand
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The article was published on 2 March 2025 but says the seizure happened on Tuesday, so the incident date is taken as the preceding Tuesday, 25 February 2025.
No value, plant count, field area or court outcome beyond registration of the NDPS case was reported.
No second independent outlet account of this seizure could be opened; a later page repeating the same wording appears to copy this article.
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