15 years RI to three for 'ganja' smuggling
Kishanganj,
Dec
26:
A
district
and
sessions
court
here
has
awarded
15
years
of
rigorous
imprisonment
to
three
people
for
smuggling
contraband
goods.
Additional district and sessions judge Chandrashekhar Sharma found Jani Sheikh and Wajahan Sheikh, residents of West Bengal, and another Nasir Hussain of Manipur, guilty in the case yesterday.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs two lakh on Wajahan Sheikh and Rs one lakh each on the other two.
According
to
the
charges,
police
had
seized
a
truck
loaded
with
'ganja'
near
Khagra
railway
station
crossing
in
the
district
on
November
26,
2006
and
arrested
the
accused
on
the
spot.
UNI
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Story first published: Wednesday, December 26, 2007, 15:01 [IST]