Mumbai, May 23 -- Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai officials seized 702 kilograms of ganja worth Rs 3 crore from a truck which was carrying the drug to Maharashtra, officials said on Friday.
Acting on specific intelligence on Thursday, an NCB Mumbai team intercepted Prakash MD and Padamlal NM in Gondia from a truck bearing Maharashtra registration.
During the search, 702 kilograms of ganja worth Rs 3 crore, cleverly concealed in 100 packets among legitimate cargo of grocery items like detergent, toothpaste and hair dye, was found and seized.
According to the central agency official, the arrested persons have been regularly transporting bulk quantities of ganja sourced from Odisha to Maharashtra. It was noted that these syndicates co...