Ahmedabad police nab truck driver with drugs worth ₹10 lakh
Updated: Jan 26th, 2025
On Friday night, during a vehicle check on the Bagodara Highway in Ahmedabad district, the police seized 102 kg of ganja worth ₹10 lakh from a truck and arrested the truck driver.
During the initial investigation, it was found that the drugs were purchased from Sonpur, Odisha, for ₹3.5 lakh. The police have arrested the driver and initiated legal action in this regard.
When the staff of Bagdogra Police Station was checking vehicles at the toll plaza, about 10 black plastic bags of ganja were found in a truck.
While interrogating the truck driver Anwar Adham, Police Sub Inspector K G Chavda learnt that the driver had purchased the drugs from one Himanshu Meher from Sonpur for ₹3.5 lakh. It was to be sold at many times the price in the local market.
The police have expressed the possibility that the accused had previously trafficked ganja on a large scale. The police are conducting further investigation into this matter.
Not just the roads, the shores and skies of Gujarat have also been plagued by the nuisance of drugs in recent times, with over 130 cases of gold and drug smuggling recorded at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad in just 10 months, averaging one case every two days.
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