Tripura police seizes marijuana worth 7.3 cr, arrests two

way2barak, March 30 : In one of the major narcotics hauls, Tripura police on Thursday seized 3,660 kg of ganja (marijuana) worth Rs 7.3 crore in Tripura and arrested two people in this connection, officials said.

A police spokesman said that the police led by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Kamal Debbarma intercepted an Assam bound ten-wheeler oil tanker at a Naka point (check gate) at Pecharthal in Unakoti district and recovered the 3,660 kg of dry ganja.

Police arrested the driver of the vehicle Priyalal Debbarma (27) and his assistant Paresh Debbarma (42).

Police registered a case under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985 and launched a probe.

The 3,660 kg of ganja was seized two days after the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers seized 1,385 kg of marijuana worth Rs 2.8 crore in western Tripura and arrested three drug peddlers in connection in the border village at Sidhai.

A BSF official has said that the para-military troopers have recently further tightened its vigil along Tripura’s 856 km international border with Bangladesh to curb the trans-border smuggling of various contrabands including drugs and various crimes.