Jharkhand man held with 105kg ganja in Sambalpur
Sambalpur: A 37-year-old man from Jharkhand was arrested with 105kg of ganja during a joint operation by Excise Intelligence and Enforcement Bureau (northern division) in Sambalpur on Monday.
The accused, Rakesh Kumar Gope, a resident of Dhanbad, was caught near a temple at Singhpali Dunguripada under Ainthapali police station limits. Acting on reliable information, officers intercepted a white SUV in the morning and seized five white jerry sacks from Gope, each containing 21kg of ganja.
The contraband was verified and identified as cannabis through standard procedures.
The bureau in a press release stated, "Gope was arrested under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act, 1985. He was produced before the district and sessions-cum-special judge, Sambalpur."
They sought 15-day judicial custody of the accused, and the seized ganja was also produced in court.
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