Ganja smugglers from Bihar, bought 53 kgs of ganja from Odisha only to get arrested in Jharkhand

The police busted an inter-state gang of ganja smugglers on Tuesday-Wednesday, arresting 5 people and recovering 53 kgs of ganja value ₹8 lakh from them. 

Jamshedpur Metropolis SP Mukesh Lunayat addressed media individuals knowledgeable that there was a tip-off that six worldwide ganja smugglers from Odisha had been coming to the Mango bus stand on Tuesday. 

From right here they are going to board a bus to go to Bihar. A workforce of officers led by Dy.SP( Headquarter) Bhola Prasad reached the Mango bus stand they usually had been arrested. Additionally, their luggage of ganja had been seized, stated Metropolis SP Mukesh Lunayat. 

These arrested had been recognized as Bihar’s Betiya-based Rajkumar Bind, Bakhtiyarpur-based Sumit Kumar and Gowrav Kumar and Raghowpur-based Rajesh Kumar. 

A case has been registered below Sections 08/20/60 of the NDPS Act towards the 5 accused at Jamshedpur police station. Throughout interrogation, the accused disclosed that these ganja smugglers had purchased 53 kgs of ganja at Rs 3 lakh from Balangir in Odisha to promote it at completely different locations in Bihar at roughly Rs 8 lakh. 

 Now, Jamshedpur police is planning to launch search operations in Balangir to nab the producer and sellers in Odisha. 

Notably, ganja is extensively cultivated in Jharkhand and Bihar. Nevertheless, it’s out there at comparatively larger costs than Balangir in Odisha. They reportedly confessed to smuggling ganja from Bihar to Punjab and admitted to being concerned on this illicit exercise for a substantial interval.