Meerut: In a major breakthrough against drug trafficking, a joint team of the police and the Narcotics Department busted a large ganja smuggling racket in the Daurala area of Meerut. The operation was carried out at the Sivaya Toll Plaza, where four smugglers were arrested with ganja worth approximately ₹37 lakh, ingeniously concealed inside electronic inverters.
The accused had cut open the bodies of 12 inverters and stuffed them with ganja in place of batteries and wiring, making the consignment appear like ordinary electronic equipment during visual inspection and scanning.
Smugglers Nabbed at Toll Plaza
According to officials, acting on specific intelligence that a large consignment of ganja was being transported from Odisha to Meerut, police set up an early-morning checking operation at the toll plaza. During the operation, two suspects were spotted unloading inverters packed in cloth bags from a Volvo bus, while two others waited nearby to receive the luggage.
The unusual alertness of the suspects regarding the inverters raised suspicion. Police immediately surrounded the four men and detained them for questioning.
Ganja Sourced from Odisha
Upon inspection, officers were stunned to discover ganja tightly packed inside the hollowed inverter bodies. During interrogation, the accused confessed that the consignment had been purchased in bulk from the Jeypore region of Odisha and was meant to be supplied in Meerut.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Moharram (Isa village, Muzaffarnagar), Sajid (Tissa village, Bhopa), Aqdas (Isa village), and Arvind alias Bhura (Daurala Nagar Panchayat, Meerut).
Police revealed that Bhura acted as the key local link in Meerut, while the other three were responsible for procuring and transporting the drugs from Odisha.
Probe Into Bigger Buyers Underway
Circle Officer (Daurala) Prakash Chandra Agarwal said that the Narcotics Control Bureau and other agencies have intensified efforts to trace the entire supply chain. Investigations are focused on identifying major buyers in Meerut and uncovering the wider network involved in the drug trade.
A case has been registered against all four accused under the NDPS Act, and further interrogation is ongoing.
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