Chennai: A special team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of the Chennai zonal unit seized more than 200 kg of ganja from a transport vehicle.
NCB in a press release said that based on specific inputs, officers of Chennai Zonal Unit intercepted the vehicle, which was found to be occupied by two persons, both residents of Erode.
Thorough search resulted in the recovery of over 212.5 kg of ganja, which was found to be concealed beneath coconut saplings. Immediate follow up and a high speed chase resulted in the interception of one SUV and two more persons, residents of Erode, who had purchased the contraband from Andhra Pradesh and escorted the vehicle, were arrested. The ganja was destined for retail sale in Erode.
The NCB said that heavy rain and cyclone alert in Chennai and Andhra Pradesh are not deterring these ganja traffickers, who are defying all odds and taking all types of risk to procure the contraband and traffic the same.
In two other operations carried out by the NCB zonal teams of Bengaluru, two consignments of contraband material were seized and two persons arrested.