Lucknow, Oct. 22 -- A court in Barabanki has sentenced two drug traffickers to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2017 case involving the seizure of 340 grams of heroin and 160 grams of ganja, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said.

The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Barabanki, delivered the sentence on Monday (October 19), according to an NCB press release issued on Wednesday.

The convicted persons have been identified as Shakeel and Rampyari, both residents of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The case dates back to May 27, 2017, when the NCB's Lucknow Zonal Unit seized 340 grams of heroin and 160 grams of ganja from black bags at Barabanki Railway Station.

According to the NCB, the two accused were travelling on th...