Jaipur/Bhubaneswar: Rajasthan Police has seized a consignment of 1,014 kg ganja, originating from Odisha and destined for Shekhawati, and arrested two traffickers in connection with the seizure, officials said Friday.
The operation, codenamed Prahar, was launched by the Anti-Gangster Task Force of Rajasthan Police, along with the Jhunjhunu District Special Team, on the basis of a specific intelligence input received by the task force, which tracked the movement of the consignment from Odisha and destined for Rajasthan’s Shekhawati, they said. The traffickers were transporting the contraband in a container truck and had concealed it in a specially built chamber behind the driver’s seat. Acting on the tip-off, police set up a blockade in Udaipurwati area of Jhunjhunu district and intercepted the vehicle, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Dinesh MN said.
On searching the vehicle, police recovered neatly packed sacks of ganja weighing 1,014 kg. The consignment was meant for Shekhawati-based drug lords Raju Pachlengi and Gokul, the ADGP said. Two key members of the trafficking network, identified as Subhash Gurjar and Pramod Gurjar of Sikar, were arrested on the spot, the ADGP said.