News:2023-07-01/Trafficking/chandannagar-police-commissionerate-seize-10-kg-of-ganja-from-a-taxi-at-bandel

News record1 July 2023Trafficking

Chandannagar police commissionerate seize 10 kg of ganja from a taxi at Bandel

The Special Branch of the Chandannagar Police Commissionerate stopped a taxi at a checkpoint near Keota in Bandel and recovered 10 kg of ganja. Three people were arrested, one of them a woman. The report names a passenger and the taxi driver, and says police stated the taxi had been hired from Howrah station. The report gives the market value only as several lakh rupees.

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Date1 Jul 2023

CategoryTrafficking

CountryIndia

State / provinceWest Bengal

District / areaHooghly

LocalityKeota

AgencySpecial Branch, Chandannagar Police Commissionerate

Coordinates22.93, 88.40

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2023-07-01 Trafficking Chandannagar police commissionerate seize 10 kg of ganja from a taxi at Bandel The Special Branch of the Chandannagar Police Commissionerate stopped a taxi at a checkpoint near Keota in Bandel and recovered 10 kg of ganja. Three people were arrested, one of them a woman. The report names a passenger and the taxi driver, and says police stated the taxi had been hired from Howrah station. The report gives the market value only as several lakh rupees. https://www.countryandpolitics.in/2023/07/01/10-kg-ganja-seized-at-bandel-at-west-bengal-3-arrested-including-a-women/ India West Bengal Hooghly Keota 22° 55' 48.00" N, 88° 24' 0.00" E Special Branch, Chandannagar Police Commissionerate