Meerut, Dec. 6 -- In a major crackdown on the narcotics trade, Meerut police have seized 151 kilograms of ganja, valued at over Rs.1 crore, and arrested eight members of a drug trafficking network operating across the district. The operation was carried out jointly by the Kankerkheda police and the SWAT team under the leadership of SP City Ayush Vikram Singh.

SSP Vipin Tada on Saturday said that police had been receiving consistent intelligence inputs about large-scale ganja supply in Jawahar Nagar, located on Rohta Road, allegedly run by history-sheeter Ajay. Acting on the information, police laid a trap and first arrested Ajay along with four other traffickers who are Manoj, Krishnakant, Rohit alias Sonu, and Rahul. Officials recovered...