Raipur, Sept. 2 -- A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court in Chhattisgarh's Raipur has convicted a man in connection with the peddling of cannabis worth several crores.

The court of Special Judge (NDPS Act), Raipur, Pankaj Kumar Sinha, on Tuesday pronounced Sajan Yadav (32), hailing from Rajnandgaon, guilty in connection with peddling of cannabis and awarded 10 years imprisonment along with Rs 2 lakh fine, said Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Vinod Bharat.

According to the prosecution, acting on a tip-off about cannabis being smuggled from Odisha to Allahabad, the sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on 11 November 2020 intercepted a truck on the Raipur-Abhanpur Highway and recovered 69...