Ganja worth Rs 10 lakh seized from train in Assam

Guwahati, Apr 13 (PTI) Three passengers, including a woman, were apprehended from a train after 28 packets of ganja valued at Rs 10 lakh were recovered from it in Assam’s Hojai district on Wednesday, police said.

Railway police during a routine search inside the Agartala-Bangalore Express found the packets from a toilet of a compartment and subsequently arrested the three passengers.

It is suspected that the contraband was being sent to a place in south India, police said.

The value of the seized ganja is estimated to be Rs 10 lakh in the local market.