Agartala, Jul 14, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Jul 14: Police seized a total of 2968 kg ganja and arrested one person in this connection from the same places but at a different time in Dhalai district during the last 24 hours.

Manu Police seized 1330 kg ganja from a truck at SK Para check-post on NH 8 on Wednesday night.

Acting on a specific input, police led by the Officer-in-charge and other staff of Manu police station stopped a vehicle at SK Para check-post. The driver of the vehicle, however, managed to flee from the scene.

During the search, police recovered a total of 1330 kg ganja from the vehicle. Accordingly, police seized the vehicle and ganja as well as registered a case.

In a separate incident, Manu police seized total 1638 kg ganja from one vehicle and detained the driver of the vehicle in this connection at SK Para check-post on Thursday morning.

During vehicle checking, Manu police led by SDPO, OC of Manu police station along with other staff stopped one vehicle at SK Para check-post and conducted a search. During the search police recovered 1638 kg ganja from the vehicle.

In this case, Police arrested the driver of the vehicle - Tapash Paul (29), a residence of Durgapur in Belonia under the South Tripura district.

Police registered a specific case under the NDPS act in this connection.