Cannabis Worth Rs 15 Cr Seized in Assam's Jorabat

Police in Assam's Jorabat recovered a consignment of cannabis worth Rs. 15 crores on Thursday morning.

According to sources, during a raid led by Joint Commissioner of Officers Partha Sarathi Mahanta, police confiscated a truck with the registration number HR 38 T 2913 that was hauling 2,500kg of cannabis.

It is suspected that the market value of the seized cannabis is Rs. 15 crores.

The driver and handyman, Jitendra Kumar and Ashok Kumar, who are from Uttarakhand and Haryana respectively, were detained.

The truck was stopped in Jorabat while travelling from Manipur to Guwahati.