Thane Feb 25 PTI The Railway Protection Force RPF personnel seized 55 kg ganja being smuggled in an express train at Kalyan in Maharashtras Thane district and arrested three persons in this connection an official said on Friday The incident occurred on Wednesday he said The three accused were travelling in BubaneshwarLTT Superfast Express train The RPF personnel at Kalyan who were on patrolling duty found the trio quarreling in an AC compartment During the enquiry it came to light that the accused were smuggling ganja the RPF official said After that 55 kg ganja worth around Rs five lakh which they were carrying in the train was seized and the trio identified as Samrat Patra Sanjiv Gaji and Asgar Ali Bahadur Khan was arrested he said A case was registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act at Kalyan railway police station PTI COR NP NP
Thane Oct 23 PTI The Anti-Narcotics Cell ANC of the police has seized ganja worth over Rs 8 lakh and arrested three persons for possession in Maharashtras Thane city an official said on Saturday Acting on a tip-off an ANC team from the Thane polices crime branch laid a trap on Nashik-Mumbai Highway and intercepted an auto-rickshaw on Thursday the official said On searching the vehicle the police found that the occupants had 359 kg of ganja valued at Rs 822 lakh in their possession he said The police arrested Mohasin Anis Shaikh Laike Yunus Siddiqui and the auto-rickshaw driver Kalim Salim Shaikh all residents of Nashik the official said adding that an offence has been registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act The trio were carrying the contraband for sale and the police are probing the source of the substance and to whom it was meant to be sold it was stated PTI COR ARU ARU
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