Mahasamund: A joint team of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) and the Basna police station has seized a large consignment of illegal drugs. Two interstate smugglers were arrested with 60 kilograms of marijuana being transported from Odisha to Uttar Pradesh. The estimated value of the seized marijuana is 1.2 million rupees, while the total value of the confiscated goods, including the Eicher truck used in transportation and two mobile phones, is estimated at approximately 2.21 million rupees. (Two interstate smugglers arrested with 60 kilograms of marijuana in Chhattisgarh.)
According to reports, on November 10th, the Basna police station received information from an informant that a large consignment of illegal marijuana was being transported from Odisha to Uttar Pradesh via the Mahasamund route via Padampur in an Eicher truck. Acting on the information, police set up a blockade at the Mahasamund district border. During the investigation, a suspicious Eicher truck with an Odisha registration number (UP 72 BT 3907) was spotted at the Palsapali barrier, and the police surrounded and stopped it.
A search of the vehicle revealed 60 kilograms of marijuana hidden in three sacks under the truck’s tarpaulin. The two men in the vehicle identified themselves as Saddam Hussain (34) and Qiyamuddin (26), both residents of Pratapgarh district (Uttar Pradesh). During interrogation, the accused admitted that they were bringing the marijuana from Odisha to sell in Uttar Pradesh.
Police arrested both accused and registered a case under Section 20(b) of the NDPS Act. The accused have been remanded to judicial custody. This action by the ANTF and Basna police is being considered a major success against drug trafficking.
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