Team Herald
PANJIM: A Jharkhand native was arrested by Crime Branch for possessing ganja worth Rs 1.10 lakh.
Accused Sukesh Kumar Singh, 24, who is a native of Jharkhand and presently residing at Verem, Betim, was caught red-handed below the flyover at Banastari junction, Ponda, while being in possession of black colour shoulder bag which contained in it greenish colour flowering and fruiting tops of narcotic drug suspected to be ganja.
Police have seized 1.1 kg of ganja worth Rs 1.10 lakh from his possession along with one Suzuki Access scooter. The arrested accused has been booked under Section 20(b) (ii) (B) of NDPS Act, 1985 and further investigation in progress under Police Inspector Nitin Halarnkar.
In another narcotic raid at Poroscodem, Pernem, Crime Branch arrested one Nasirhusain Hameed Savanur red-handed with ganja worth Rs 2.05 lakh. The 23-year-old accused, who is a native of Sawantwadi, Maharashtra, was caught with the narcotic substance suspected to be ganja weighing 2.50 kilogram worth Rs 2.05 lakh. He was intercepted by the team led by Police Inspector Laxi Amonkar and staff of Crime Branch near Royal Treat Family Restaurant, Poroscodem.
