EMN
Dimapur, November 19
Three persons have been arrested by enforcement personnel of Kohima after police found 100 kilograms of cannabis, or ganja, from the vehicle they were travelling in. The police issued a press release on Thursday informing about the catch.
On November 19, Kohima police manning the Khuzama inter-state check gate stopped a Tata mobile bearing the registration AS-01EC-8911, chassis number of MAT374466D9E14004, and the engine number of 497SP38EWY629317.
On searching the vehicle, the enforcement personnel found 100 kilograms of ganja neatly packed in ten packets.
The vehicle had a tag ‘Army Duty’ on the windshield, the police said. Another registration plate bearing WB-57B-1782 was found during the search made on the vehicle, the police added.
The police have arrested three persons in this connection: one Monuwar Hussain, a 23 year old man from Guwahati in Assam; an Atikur Samad, a 23 year old man from Murshidabad district of West Bengal; one Md. Rafique Hussain, a 29 year old man from Kamrup district of Assam. They have been taken into police custody and charged with possession and transportation of the contraband.
“In this connection a regular case vide Khuzama PS Case No 0047/15 U/S 20 (b)(ii)(c) NDPS Act is registered against them for conducting further investigation,” the press release added.
