A joint team of police and narcotics of Face 2 police station in Noida, UP, adjacent to Delhi, has busted the interstate ganja smuggling gang. Police has also arrested a ganja smuggler. 345 kg of ganja has been recovered from his possession. The value of the seized hemp has been estimated at Rs 42 lakh. At the same time, many smugglers fled from the spot, the police is searching for them.
According to the information, the Gautam Buddha Nagar Narcotics Team and Police Station Phase 2 had received information from the informer that some people were going to deliver a large consignment of hemp somewhere via Noida. Acting on the basis of information, police and narcotics team conducted a checking operation on Jaypee underpass. During the checking, two cars were coming at a high speed from the highway, which were signaled by the police to stop.
345 kg ganja recovered from two vehicles
After this, both the car drivers stopped near the barrier and got down and started running. But, the police caught the driver Indrajit Senapati alias Kalia. Along with this, the police and narcotics team recovered a total of 2 quintals of 45 kg of ganja from both the vehicles. At the instance of the arrested accused, 1 quintal and ganja has been recovered from the house of absconding accused Paritosh Sarkar from Gejha in Noida.
Used to supply hemp in Noida-Delhi and NCR
The absconding accused Paritosh Sarkar is basically a resident of West Bengal. In police interrogation, accused Indrajit told that he along with his partner Paritosh Sarkar used to bring ganja from Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh and supply it in Noida-Delhi and NCR region.
Accused sent to jail- DCP
In the case, DCP Central Anil Yadav said that after the information, a joint team of District Narcotics Department and Police Station Phase 2 has arrested a ganja smuggler. 345 kg of ganja has been recovered from their possession. Police is taking information about their other members. The police has sent the accused to jail. Along with this, she has started searching for her absconding partner.