14 kg of cannabis seized from grocery shop, 1 arrested

Hailakandi, Jun 20 : In yet another successful operation against drugs, the Hailakandi district police on Saturday recovered 14 kilograms of ganja (marijuana) and arrested one person from a grocery shop at Bilwaipur village under Lala block while trying to smuggle the contraband substance.

The arrested person has been identified as Bappi Paul, the owner of the shop, police said.

“Acting on a tip-off we carried out a raid at a shop at Bilwaipur village and recovered 13.9 grams of the contraband. A case has been registered against the arrested person and investigation is underway” police officials said.

Police suspect that the seized cannabis was brought from Mizoram to Assam.

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