EMN
Dimapur, March 21
Kohima police personnel have arrested two persons on charges of smuggling more than 500 kilograms of cannabis, or ganja, in Kohima district on Monday, The police issued a press release in this regard.
On March 21, personnel of the Kohima Police manning the inter-state check gate at Khuzama were conducting routine checking and frisking of vehicles. During that time, they are said to have stopped a truck, a TATA, bearing the registration number NL-03A-2412, chassis number 373341LWZ129543 and engine number 697TC45KWZ119285.
The police said that 519 kilograms of ganja worth Rs. 25, 95, 000 in the national market was fund in the vehicle during the search. “The contraband ganja was found concealed inside a special compartment, designed for transporting illegal items,” the press release stated.
In this connection, two persons have been arrested. The two have been identified as one Suresh Kumar, a 25 year old from Maram Subonabam under Senapati in Manipur; Karaiba, a 37 year old, also from Senapati district. Both the accused were taken into police custody and a regular case was lodged against them the police stated.
