937 kg ganja, 1,250 litres liquor seized in Bihar's Bhojpur

ARA: Bhojpur police on Saturday evening seized 937 kg of ganja (marijuana) and 1,250 litres of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and arrested two persons in this connection.
SP Har Kishore Rai told reporters that on a tip-off about a large quantity of illicit ganja and liquor kept in a three-storied building, which is under construction and situated at Dulaur Tola village in Simraon under Charpokhari police station, Charpokhari SHO Subodh Prasad conducted a raid.The house belonged to one Amrendra Kumar Singh alias B P Mandal.
Altogether 140 cartons of liquor and 937 kg of ganja concealed in two cars and six bikes, all parked in the basement of the house were found during the raid. The ganja, concealed in 26 sacks, had a market value of more than Rs 30 lakh according to an estimate.
“Two persons—Md Noor Alam, resident of Bawandih village under the Siswan police station area in Siwan district and Uma Shankar Singh, resident of Jokta village under the Chandi police station of Bhojpur district were arrested by the police,” the SP said.
In another development, six riders of Mounted Military Police, Ara, qualified for the national-level competition to be held at Noida from February 1 to 7, by a jury of the Equestrian Federation of India on Sunday, the SP added.