Two from Mumbai held with charas worth Rs 1cr

Palanpur: In a joint operation by the state anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and Banaskantha police’s special operations group (SOG), two persons from Mumbai was arrested with 16.75kg of charas worth over Rs 1 crore from near Khimana check-post on the Gujarat-Rajasthan border on Tuesday.
The contraband was seized from a car with Maharashtra registration number. The driver of the car identified as Rahim Azim (31) and another person travelling with him, Samir Sahil, both residents of Mahim in Mumbai, were arrested.
According to the SOG inspector Mahavirsinh Jhala, the charas was being brought from Ludhiana in Punjab and was to be delivered to on Irfan in Vatva Ahmedabad.
According to Jhala, ATS inspector Chetan Yadav had rushed to Palanpur based of a tip-off about the contraband being smuggled into the state. They kept a watch on vehicles at Khimana check-post and nabbed the accused with the drugs that was sealed in plastic bags.
Police said that the accused duo has confessed that some unidentified person had given them the packet to be delivered to one Irfan in Vatva, Ahmedabad. The accused were promised Rs 50,000 after the delivery, said police.