LUCKNOW, June 21 -- A UP Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) operation on Sunday uncovered what investigators suspect is a layered drug-trafficking network that used a Thailand supply link, local couriers and SUVs to move premium hydroponic cannabis into the domestic market. One of the arrested men allegedly told investigators that he entered the trade while still a student to fund his personal expenses, senior police officials said in a press note issued in Lucknow.

Four alleged traffickers were arrested near Knowledge Park in Gautam Buddh Nagar, and 3.650 kg of OG/THC hydroponic cannabis buds-an expensive form of cannabis valued at around Rs.3.65 crore in the illegal market-was seized, according to the ANTF. The agency also recovered a Ma...