News:2025-07-05/Trafficking/rampurhat-police-arrest-three-carrying-ganja-concealed-behind-devotional-pictures

News record5 July 2025Trafficking

Rampurhat police arrest three carrying ganja concealed behind devotional pictures

Sangbad Pratidin reported that three men were arrested in Rampurhat while carrying ganja hidden behind pictures of deities, two of them local residents and one from outside the district. Police sources told the paper the three got off a Jharkhand-bound bus travelling from Berhampore by way of Suri, and that Rampurhat police station acted on information and arrested them. The report says several bags full of the pictures were recovered and that police believe the route runs from Berhampore through Birbhum. The report states that police did not say how much ganja was recovered, so no quantity is carried here. The report is dated 5 July 2025 and gives no day for the arrest, so the recorded date is the date of the report.

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Date5 Jul 2025

CategoryTrafficking

CountryIndia

State / provinceWest Bengal

District / areaBirbhum

LocalityRampurhat

AgencyBirbhum district police; Rampurhat police station

Coordinates24.17, 87.78

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2025-07-05 Trafficking Rampurhat police arrest three carrying ganja concealed behind devotional pictures Sangbad Pratidin reported that three men were arrested in Rampurhat while carrying ganja hidden behind pictures of deities, two of them local residents and one from outside the district. Police sources told the paper the three got off a Jharkhand-bound bus travelling from Berhampore by way of Suri, and that Rampurhat police station acted on information and arrested them. The report says several bags full of the pictures were recovered and that police believe the route runs from Berhampore through Birbhum. The report states that police did not say how much ganja was recovered, so no quantity is carried here. The report is dated 5 July 2025 and gives no day for the arrest, so the recorded date is the date of the report. https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/3-arrested-in-rampurhat-on-charges-of-smuggling-weed/pid/1057053 India West Bengal Birbhum Rampurhat 24° 10' 12.00" N, 87° 46' 48.00" E Birbhum district police; Rampurhat police station