Three held with 59kg of cannabis

Ahmedabad: The special operations group (SOG) of city police on Friday held three persons for smuggling ganja (cannabis) and seized 58.92kg of ganja. The person caught first, Dharmendra Dhamu, 23, was intercepted by cops near Jashodanagar based on a tip-off. “We found 18.20kg ganja from the glove box of the scooter,” said ACP, SOG, B C Solanki. Subsequent raids based on interrogation of Dhamu led to apprehension of two more persons and seizure of more ganja. Cops said the street value of the ganja was Rs 5,89,300

“Dhamu revealed that he was to deliver the ganja to one Premchand Tiwari. We raided his house and nabbed him. Further interrogation revealed that another 40.72kg ganja was at one Amit Patel’s house in Jashodanagar. We made a raid, caught Patel, and seized the narcotics,” Solanki added.

SOG said all three have claimed they were working for one Munna Ashwinkumar who lives near the railway tracks in Jashodanagar. “We have sent the accused for pre-arrest Covid tests, and are hunting for Ashwinkumar,” said an SOG official.


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