India, July 16 -- In a crackdown on drug trafficking, the anti-narcotics cell of the Pimpri-Chinchwad police has seized a massive 264 kg of Ganja (Cannabis) from a tempo intercepted on the Pune-Nashik highway, and arrested two individuals in connection with the case. The incident was reported in the early hours of July 14.

Assistant police inspector Swapnil Chavan and his team were patrolling when police hawaldar Javed Bagsiraj received a tipoff regarding a tempo ferrying Ganja. Accordingly, a trap was laid at Alandi Phata on the Pune-Nashik highway and the police intercepted a suspicious-looking tempo only to find and seize 264 kg of Ganja valued at Rs.13,211,300. The tempo was impounded and two persons were arrested on the spot.

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