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Police seized 218 kg of Ganja in Assam's Sonitpur
Oct 15, 2022Sonitpur district police on Saturday seized 218 kg of Ganja from a four wheeler vehicle. Police said that, based on secret information, police set up a Naka checking at National Highway 15 near Khanamukh under Chariduar police station. A senior police official of Sonitpur district said that, today morning at around 7-30 am a white colour I20 vehicle bearing registration number AS-01BJ-0061 was intercepted coming from Tezpur side towards Lakhimpur side and the driver after seeing the police party drove away the vehicle towards Tezpur via Rangajan.
In order to stopped the vehicle the police party chased the vehicle from behind. Even after chased the same for about 15 km the vehicle did not stop. "Having no other way to stopped the vehicle police party control fired 2 rounds ammunition aiming to the wheel and subsequently front tyre was punctured and the vehicle was stopped at Boithabhanga area," the police official said.
However the driver of the vehicle fled away from the spot taking advantage of dense jungle. During search the vehicle Police found 42 numbers of plastic packets having suspected Ganja weighing 218.136 kg and one Walkie Talkie set and seized the same on the spot as per NDPS procedure. He also said that, the market value of the seized Ganja is estimated at around Rs 1.50 crore. A case has been registered in this regard.
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