India: Two cannabis hauls in a day

Three persons were arrested and a total of seven kilograms of cannabis, apart from a cache of prescription drugs, were seized.

The City police and the Narcotics Cell have recorded two major cannabis seizure cases in the last 24 hours, with three persons being arrested and a total of seven kilograms of cannabis, apart from a cache of prescription drugs, being seized from the coastal belt of the city.

The first case, involving seizure of 5.5 kg of ganja and one of the biggest seizures in recent times in the city, was cracked by the Poonthura police from an electronics shop at Beemapally around 7.30 p.m. on Saturday.

The second, of 1.5 kg and 10 strips of illegally procured prescription drugs, was around 9.30 p.m. the same day through a joint operation led by Narcotics Cell Assistant Commissioner R. Dethan and Valiyathura sub-inspector K. Dhanapal from the...

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