Marijuana worth Rs 68K seized, 2 held

Rajkot: In two different operations, police arrested two persons for possessing marijuana worth Rs 68000 from Morbi and Bhavnagar on Monday.
The special operations group of Morbi police raided the house of 28-year-old Asaram Hadiyal, who lives in Gujarat Housing Board quarters. Cops found 5.7kg marijuana from Hadiyal’s house. “The accused had got the marijuana stock from Surat and used to sell in Morbi in smaller quantities,” said investigating officer J M Aal.
Along with marijuana, cops seized Rs 3,500 cash and weighing machine from Hadiyal’s house.
In another incident, 1.2kg marijuana was found in possession of Dalpat Bharti Goswami, a resident of Bela village in Bhavnagar.
“The accused is addicted to marijuana and has admitted of buying marijuana many times in the past,” said inspector K B Jadeja of special operations group.