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Fire in the house leads to recovery of over 1000 kg of ganja in East Khasi Hills, one arrested

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Shillong, June 14: A fire incident, which took place on Monday, had led to the arrest of a 40-year-old woman and seizure of over 1,000 kgs of ganja.

East Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police, Sylvester Nongtnger, informed that information was received of a fire incident at Tyrsad village where the Fire and Emergency Service rushed to the spot and doused the fire.

“During enquiry at the place of occurrence by the officers and staff of Mawngap Police Station, the ground floor of the house was found used for the storage of cannabis/ganja,” he said adding with the assistance of ANTF, a seizure of 1001.655 kgs of cannabis/ganja was made.

In this connection, a case has been registered with the Mawngap Police Station and the accused Junita Nongbet (40) has been arrested and forwarded to court, the district police chief said.

Investigation is on to nab others involved in the racket, he added.

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