150 kg ganja seized, 3 arrested in Bengal

Baruipur: Three persons have been arrested and 150 kg ganja seized from their possession in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided Kamalgazi More in Narendrapur police station area on Wednesday night and seized the cannabis worth Rs 9 lakh from a vehicle which had a beacon and a ‘Government of India’ board on its front, a police officer said.

Three persons — two from South 24 Parganas district and one from Hooghly — have been arrested, he said.

Three mobile phones have also been seized from their possession, the officer said.

Further investigation is underway, he added