Four held with 84 kilos of ganja at Mumbai's Dadar station

The railway police busted a racket of transporting ganja from Orissa to Surat, on Friday.

The police arrested four people, including three teenagers at Dadar station, and seized 84kg ganja, concealed in eight bags, valued at Rs1.68 lakh.

“Chandan Malenaik, 25, and his three minor associates, were booked under NDPS (Narcotics Drugs Psychotropic Substances) Act. Malenaik was remanded in police custody till February 22 by the Mumbai Central railway court on Friday. The court has asked the railway police to keep the three minors in Dongri observation home till February 25,” said Bharat Kumar Rane, a senior inspector.

During investigation, it was revealed that the minors had transported ganja to Surat while Malenaik was accompanying them for the first time.

“The police found four unreserved tickets dated February 16 of Mumbai-bound Konark Express and they had boarded the train from Baharanpur in Orissa with the consignment,” added Rane. After alighting at Dadar station around 4am, they boarded the Gujarat-bound train.

“The railway police team intercepted them. While checking their bags, the police found the ganja,” said Rane.