GUWAHATI: The Assam Police have seized a major consignment of marijuana in Guwahati worth Rs 2.00 crore, police said on Friday.
Joint Commissioner of Police in Guwahati, Partha Sarathi Mahanta said the marijuana weighing approx 320 kg was seized on Thursday night. He said that on-duty police officials seized the narcotics upon searching a truck. The consignment was kept in the hidden chambers of the vehicle.
"Based on a tip-off, we intercepted a vehicle in Khanapara as it was entering the city. The consignment was cleverly hidden in a chamber along the driver's cabin. We had to cut through the body of the truck to recover the drugs", the officer said, adding that the consignment was probably brought from Manipur.
Police have arrested one person in this connection and a further investigation is going on.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated the police on this successful operation.
"In a major operation, GuwahatiPol intercepted a truck traveling from a neighbouring state and seized 320 kilo of cannabis hidden in its secret chamber, to be delivered in Assam. Also apprehended an accused. Excellent work by Assam police. Keep it up." He wrote on Twitter.
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