KOLKATA: The Narcotics Cell of the Kolkata Police Detective Department has arrested three persons and seized 14.559 kg of ganja during a raid near the Dharmatala bus stand in central Kolkata, officials said on Thursday.

Source: IANS

Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the Narcotics Cell conducted the raid on Wednesday in the Maidan police station area and apprehended the three suspects near the PWD Site Office (South Division) adjoining the Dharmatala bus stand. The ganja was recovered from the joint custody of the three, officials said.

The arrested accused have been identified as Abdul Haque alias Babu (48), Anju Sheikh (32) and Attabur Sheikh (27), all residents of Murshidabad district. Police said Abdul Haque and Anju Sheikh are residents of the Keshabpur area under Islampur police station in Murshidabad, while Attabur Sheikh is from Nandigram village under Ranitala police station in the same district.

14.559 kgganja seized near Dharmatala bus stand
3accused arrested, all from Murshidabad district
20(b)(ii)(B) and 29NDPS Act sections invoked in the Maidan police station case

A case was registered at Maidan police station on Thursday under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, based on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Prashant Kumar Roy of the Narcotics Cell of the Detective Department. All three accused were produced before a court on Thursday.

Source: Nation Press

In initial interrogation, investigators said the arrested persons disclosed that the ganja had been brought from Narla in Kalahandi district of Odisha — an account police are still verifying as the investigation continues. The allegations against the three are yet to be tested in court.