Guj: Man held with ganja worth over Rs 60 lakh in Surat

  • | Tuesday | 8th March, 2022

Surat, Mar 8 (PTI) Police have seized 600 kg of ganja worth over Rs 60 lakh and arrested a native of Maharashtra in this connection in Gujarat"s Surat district, an official said on Tuesday. The contraband was seized on Monday from a vehicle with Maharashtra"s number plate near a textile park in Sayan city of Olpad taluka here, said an official from Surat rural Special Operations Group (SOG). Based on a tip-off, the SOG carried out an operation and seized 600.150 kg of ganja worth Rs 60,01,500, he said. The police also seized a four-wheeler, a three-wheeler and a motorcycle, the official said. They nabbed one of the accused, identified as Javed Sheikh, from Nashik in neighbouring Maharashtra. Six more persons, including a drug supplier, are wanted in connection with the narcotic seizure. Three of them hail from Ganjam and one is from Angul in Odisha, the official said. PTI COR KA GK GK


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