Charas worth Rs 1.25 cr seized in Anand district

Anand, Sep 25 (UNI) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today seized charas worth Rs 1.25 crores in the international market, from Samarkat chowki area near here on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway.

NCB Superintendent Praful Sarvaiyya said the charas weighing 111.88 kg was being transported in a truck (HR 38P0121) carrying vegetables.

About 15 kg of the contraband was handed over to two men in a Qualis (EJ 2343116) at Samarkat chowki when NCB officials nabbed them. However, the other two men who delivered the drug managed to give police a skip.

The arrested duo are believed to be from Petlad in Vadodara district, while the truck was from Jammu&Kashmir, Mr Sarvaiyya said.

The total value of the charas in the domestic market is said to be between Rs 50 and Rs 70 lakh.

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