9,266 kg ganja seized in a week in State
The Hindu
Searches conducted in trains, buses, goods transport vehicles
The police, in association with the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB), the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted raids at bus and railway stations across the State and seized 9,266 kg of ganja valued at about ₹10 crore.
The raids were conducted last week as part of ‘Operation Parivarthana’. In all, 283 cases were registered and 763 ‘smugglers’ were arrested, the SEB officials said.
The searches were conducted in many moving trains and buses, goods transport vehicles at toll gates and other public transport vehicles which led to the seizure of 179 vehicles, a release said on Sunday.
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