Ganja worth Rs 4.50 crore recovered, 3 arrested

Varanasi: The Varanasi field unit of special task force (STF) arrested three smugglers with a consignment of 18.68 quintals of ‘Ganja’ from Jagatpur area under the limits of Rohania police station on Wednesday night.
The cost of the recovered Ganja was estimated to be Rs 4.50 crores. The STF have intensified efforts to nab the kingpins of this gang who operate it from Kolkata, Andhra Pradesh and Varanasi.
According to STF, upon getting a tip off, the team of its Varanasi field unit led by inspectors- Amit Srivastava, Punit Parihar and Arvind Singh conducted raids in Jagatpur area and caught two trucks carrying consignment of ganja in secret cavities. Following the recovery of ganja, the STF personnel arrested Amit Kumar Singh of Sivan, Mohd Saqib and Shivnath Kumar Ram of Mujaffarpur in Bihar.
Both trucks were seized while three mobiles and cash worth Rs 16,000 were also recovered from their possession. During initial interrogation, the arrested persons divulged that the trucks were owned by Ram Manohar Yadav of Bihar and Ravindra of West Bengal. Secret cavities were created in both trucks especially for smuggling Ganja.
They said Dabbu Singh and Prem Singh of Kolkata were the kingpins of this ganja smuggling gang. On their directive, these three used to visit Andhra Pradesh to collect consignments of ganja from one-Mathi Dada. The name and address of person, where it had to be delivered in Varanasi, was told by Dabbu and Prem. The trio confessed that apart from fare of transporation, they were paid Rs 80,000 for the delivery of each consignment.
The STF handed over the trio to Rohania police after registering a case under sections of NDPS Act.