Thane police have seized 'ganja' (cannabis) worth Rs 26,880 and arrested two men and a woman in this connection, a police official said on Wednesday. The police seized 1.7 kg ganja of the above value from his possession, During the interrogation of the accused, the police came to know that a 49-year-old woman, also hailing from Jalgaon, had given him the stock for disposal.
After getting a tip-off, the police laid a trap and nabbed a 19-year-old man, native of Maharashtra's Jalgaon district, in Kalyan town here on December 7.
A police team from Thane rushed to Jalgaon and arrested the woman on Monday, the release said. The woman told the police that she got the stock from another Jalgaon-based man, aged 46, who was also subsequently nabbed, it said.
The police also said that 116 kg of 'ganja' and 50 litres of country-made liquor were earlier seized from the residence of the 46-year-old man in February 2018 and he was also arrested at that time. The woman had got into the business following the death of her husband, a police official said. All the accused have been arrested under provisions of the NDPS Act, he added..
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