SSB seizes over 5 quintals cannabis at Nepal border
SUPAUL, Oct. 16 -- In one of the major seizures of narcotics, the border police force Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB) seized over five quintals of ganja (marijuana) worth over Rs.2 crore in a raid in a village along the Indo-Nepal border on Wednesday evening, concerned officers said.
Officers said that no arrest was made along with the seizure as the contraband was hidden in a mango orchard and no one was around. "Investigation, however, is underway to trace those involved in the smuggling," added an officer.
Assistant commandant of Satna BOP of 45 battalion of SSB, Jagdish Sharma said, "We had intelligence inputs regarding some anti-national activities in Fatehpur area on Bhimnagar- Birpur Road. When we carried out a raid near Pillar No-204, much to our surprise, we discovered large quantity of ganja being kept in 13 bundles measuring 510 kg."
He added that the estimated price of the seized ganja was over Rs.2 crores in the international market and that the seized ganja was handed over to Birpur PS for further investigation....
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