Ashutosh Tiwari, Bastar. The Bastar Police of Chhattisgarh has taken major action against ganja smugglers in the last year. This is the first time that in the year 2021, Bastar Police has confiscated a total of 8 thousand 889 kg of ganja from 185 smugglers, whose value has been estimated at Rs 4 crore 44 lakh 45 thousand.
112 cases of drug trafficking have been made during the year. At the same time, the police has succeeded in seizing such a large quantity of drugs from 7 check posts of Bastar. In fact, every year a large quantity of ganja is smuggled from the state of Orissa adjoining Chhattisgarh to other states via Bastar, for which the Bastar Police has been successful in confiscating such a large quantity of ganja in the last year by running a campaign. …
Bastar IG Sundarraj P says that along with the anti-Naxal operation in the Naxal-affected area, it is the responsibility of the police to stop the smuggling of ganja. Every year the smugglers of inter-state gang smuggle a large consignment of ganja to other states through Bastar and the police is always ready to stop it, that is why in the last year such a large quantity of ganja seized by the police from the interstate smugglers. Along with this, 185 accused have also been arrested, apart from this, more than 50 luxury vehicles used for smuggling ganja have been seized by the police from these accused.
Bastar IG Sundarraj P said that even in the year 2022, the Bastar Police will work with full readiness to nab the smugglers of these big inter-state gangs and a separate team will also be formed in addition to the check post block to prevent smuggling, so that this drug is completely destroyed. He said that under the Narcotics Act, this drug will be destroyed following the rules of protocol, at present, the police are preparing to take major action against ganja smugglers by campaigning in the year 2022 as well. Done…
first published:Jan. 11, 2022, 6:42 p.m.
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