Assam cops recovers 497 kg ganja from truck, miscreants set vehicle on fire

As much as 497 kg ganja was recovered from a truck on Monday evening in the Srirampur area in Assam's Kokrajhar district, after which the vehicle was set on fire by some miscreants later at night.

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Assam police recovers 497 kg ganja from truck
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1 min read Last Updated : Jul 12 2022 | 2:28 PM IST

As much as 497 kg ganja was recovered from a truck on Monday evening in the Srirampur area in Assam's Kokrajhar district, after which the vehicle was set on fire by some miscreants later at night.

The driver of the truck was arrested, seizing the truck.

Superintendent of Police of the Kokrajhar district, Thube Prateek Vijay Kumar, said, "The police have apprehended the driver of the truck and recovered about 497 kg of ganja on Monday."

The Kokrajhar district police on Monday evening launched an operation and seized 40 packets of ganja containing 497 kg from a truck bearing registration number HR-55V-5169 at Srirampur area under the Simultapu Police Outpost.

The empty truck was parked near the police outpost, where the miscreants torched the truck at night.

"Miscreants torched the truck last night. Later, firefighters had managed to bring the situation under control," the police official said.

Further investigations over the torching of the truck are underway.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Jul 12 2022 | 2:27 PM IST

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