19 kg Ganja seized in two raids
   Date :26-Jul-2020

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Staff Reporter :
 
Belbagh police nabbed two of the three drug peddlers and seized 4 kilograms Ganja and an auto-rickshaw costing Rs 60,000 near Ghoda Hospital. The two arrested have been identified as Umakant Dubey (50), son of Ramgopal Dubey, a resident of near Gopal Hotel in Lalmati, Ghamapur and Rajkumar Tiwari (56), son of Tejilal Tiwari, resident of Chandmari Tallaiyya, Ghamapur while another accused, Jittu Kuchbandhiya of Ghamapur is still at large.
 
According to Belbagh police, police received information that two men engaged in illegal trade of narcotic substances were sight while transporting Ganja in an auto-rickshaw bearing registration number MP-20R-2486 travelling from Jabalpur Railway Station Platform Number-6 towards Chhoti Omti for delivery of narcotic consignment near Ghoda Hospital. Taking prompt action on the information, police started a search and trapped the two suspects Umakant Dubey and Rajkumar Tiwari when they were waiting for customer. In their search, police have seized 4-kilograms Ganja in two bags. In further investigation, police learnt that the two drug peddlers were directed by a man named Jittu Kuchbandhiya for transportation of Ganja against the payment of Rs. 500 each. Belbagh police have registered a case under Section 8/20 and 29 of NDPS Act and started a search for another accused Jittu Kuchbandhiya.
 
Drug peddlers were apprehended with active working of police team comprised of SHO, Arvind Kumar Choubey, SI, Sandhya Chandel, Constables, Sutendra, Premshankar, Sunil Singh, Atal Janghela, Mannu Singh, Rajesh Matre and Deepak Mishra. In another case, Kundam police arrested a drug peddler and seized 14.40 kilograms Ganja and a car from him on village Khadiya Tiraha main road.
 
The accused has been identified as Vinnu alias Vinod Jharia (26), resident of village Ranipur in Kundam. According to Kundam police under the direction of Superintendent of Police, Siddharth Bahuguna (IPS), police have started a special campaign against illegal trade and transportation of narcotic substances under the supervision of Additional SP (Rural), Shivesh Singh Baghel, DSP (Rural), Apoorva Kiledar. During the campaign, police received information that a man named Vinnu alias Vinod Jharia was transporting narcotic substance in his car bearing registration number MP-20CF-7691 towards Shahpura in Dindori district. Acting promptly on the information, police team led by SHO of Kundam police station, Pratap Singh Markam started a search and stopped the identified car on main road near Agrawal Farms. In the search, police seized Ganja weighing around 14.40-kilograms in the car.
 
Police have seized Ganja and car used for its transportation and arrested the accused. Kundam police have registered a case under Section 8/20 of NDPS Act while further investigations are underway to identify the source and other persons working in the network of narcotics trade. Drug peddler was arrested by police team comprised of SHO, Pratap Singh Markam, SI, Shailendra Daima, Constables, Jageshwar, Prince, Santosh and Saroj.