Charas worth over Rs 60 lakh brought from Kashmir seized by NCB Gujarat, 3 nabbed

Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau has nabbed 3 smugglers and seized over 6 kg Charas worth more than Rs 60 lakh in Shamlaji town of Aravalli district in North Gujarat, NCB Director Hari Om Gandhi said today.

He said that a total of 6 kg 50 gm charas was being brought from Kashmir via Delhi.

‘Acting on a specific information the NCB team intercepted a vehicle number GJ 6 AB 7825 near Ashram Chowkadi in Shamlaji yesterday and recovered the Charas concealed in the cavities made in the dash-board of the vehicle,’ he said.

One Aslam Shaikh alias Doctor resident of Vadodara,Shakil Ahmed Ansari native of Bhagwanpura in Nagina tehsil of Bijnor district in UP at present living in Malad in Mumbai and Salim from Vadodara were nabbed from the vehicle in this connection.

During the interrogation it has been revealed that Aslam was the local ringleader who had received the Charas from one Ashraf in Delhi. He used to work for a drug racketeer Ashra Soda from Kashmir.

The Charas, estimated to be worth over Rs 60 lakh in international market, was meant for sale in various cities of Gujarat.

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