INDIA
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Pune Customs department seized 868 kg of 'Ganja' and 7.5 kg of 'Charas' in an operation. The narcotic drugs are valued at Rs 2.10 crore. Four persons who were on two vehicles have been detained by the department. Narcotics Cell of Pune Customs had received input regarding trafficking of narcotic drugs from remote locations of Andhra Pradesh to various locations in Maharashtra. Based on the information, officers kept surveillance on the Naldurg- Solapur Road. Customs officers followed the suspicious vehicles and intercepted them in Pune. Upon rigorous search of the vehicles, it was found that Ganja had been concealed in the cavity created on the roof of the vehicles. The officers also recovered charas from one of the two vehicles.