Two held with ganja worth over Rs 1.8 lakh in Maharashtra’s Thane district
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Police have arrested two people and seized contraband worth over Rs 1.8 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the sale of ganja in Maharashtra's Thane district and contraband worth over Rs 1.8 lakh has been seized, police said on Tuesday.
Police have now launched a lookout for the third accused, who cultivated the banned substance in Shirpur of Dhule district, from where it was then sold in Dombivili of Thane district, an official said.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a house in Deslepada in Dombivili earlier this month and seized 5.9 kg of ganja, said senior inspector Shekar Bagade of the Manpada police station in Dombivili under the Kalyan division.
Police arrested Mayur Jadakar (25) and Akhilesh Dhulap (26), who later disclosed that they had sourced the contraband from a man from Lakdya Hanuman village of Shirpur in Dhule, who cultivated the substance.
A case has been registered in this regard and the police are tracking down people to whom the duo had sold the substance.
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