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2,000 kg ganja seized in last two months in TN: Police
Ganja weighing about 2,000 kg has been seized and 325 people arrested from different places in Tamil Nadu for allegedly possessing the narcotic substance in the last two months, police said today.
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The seizures were made following intensified intelligence collection, vehicle checking and raids during the period by Narcotics Intelligence Bureau - CID (NIB-CID) units.
Around 2,000 kg of ganja and 15 vehicles transporting ganja had been seized and 325 persons arrested and remanded in this connection in the last two months, NIB-CID SP N Devarani said in a release here.
This included recovery of 270 kg of ganja allegedly being smuggled in a rubber consignment from Assam to Kerala and arrest of three persons today.
Investigation revealed that the contraband was illegally loaded and transported from Andhra Pradesh while they (arrested persons) transported rubber load from Guwahati to Kochi via Tamil Nadu, it added.
The three were nabbed during a vehicle check at Poonamallee here, it said.
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