In Gujarat, police seized 1,334 kg of ganja worth Rs 1.33 crore concealed as medicinal tablets from a bus in Bharuch city and arrested five people in connection, officials said on Wednesday.
The Bharuch police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) kept a watch near Zadeshwar crossroad on the city’s outskirts on Tuesday and intercepted a private bus on its way to Surat in Gujarat from Uttar Pradesh, as per the official statement of SOG. According to the report, the police arrested three bus passengers from Madhya Pradesh after seizing ganja and being transported to Surat.
The contraband was mixed with Ayurvedic medicines, turned into pills and packaged accordingly to mislead the law enforcement agencies. The police also arrested two “receivers” (of the drug) from Surat. They also declared two other persons, one from Uttar Pradesh and another from Surat, as wanted in the case. The bus used to smuggle the contraband was also impounded, it said.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Bharuch ‘C’ division police station against the accused under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the police added.
