Seven persons were arrested in possession of over 251 kg of marijuana in East Jaiñtia Hills district last night.
The arrested persons have been identified as Joyel Das, Pronoy Mazumdar, Gaurav Gupta, Karnajit Sarkar, Sujit Sarkar, Tutan Sarkar and Sanjit Sarkar, all from South Tripura.
At the first instance, three of them evaded arrest by speeding away from a check laid at Nongsning in a Tata Tigor bearing registration number TR-01-BT-0265.
Police said the vehicle was then stopped near Khliehriat and after a search 57 packets of “pressed grass” were found weighting about 251.30 kg from their possession. After a preliminary test, it was found that the seized material was marijuana, police added.
It was later revealed during initial interrogation that the owner of the vehicle and contrabands along with his three friends were travelling in another vehicle bearing registration number TR-01-BW-0231 (Hyundai i20). Police said these were also detained at Kongong and brought to Khliehriat PS.
A case has been registered and investigation is on.
