Two held with 5 Kg Ganja

Dhanbad: A Marijuana smuggling racket operating through the railway network was busted in a joint operation by Dhanbad Police and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at the railway yard near Kathpul Baramasia under the Dhanbad police station area. Two smugglers were arrested while one accused managed to flee from the spot.

Police recovered nearly five kilograms of Marijuana packed in plastic packets along with two phones from the possession of the arrested accused. The contraband was allegedly being transported through the Ganga-Sutlej Express from the railway yard.

City SP Rithvik Srivastava said that the police had received a secret tip-off on Wednesday regarding illegal transportation of Marijuana through the train. Acting swiftly, a joint team of Dhanbad police and RPF personnel launched a raid and laid a trap near the Kathpul railway yard.

Police recovered around five kilograms of Marijuana packed in five separate plastic packets. The arrested accused were identified as 37-year-old Mukesh Ram, a resident of Duhatand under Dhanbad police station area, and 25-year-old Rahul Kumar Modi, a resident of Fatehpur in Jamtara district, he said.

During interrogation, Rahul confessed that he worked as an attendant in the railways and used his position to smuggle Marijuana through trains. He also admitted to being involved in the illegal trade earlier.