
Nongpoh, August 01: Jorabat Police Outpost this morning arrested two persons who are allegedly involved in smuggling ganja. The two persons were arrested from one place where a checking was being carried out in Jorabat and also seized 40 kgs of Ganja.
As per information gathered, it is said that the police force of Jorabat Police Outpost after receiving credible information on the plan to smuggle this contraband known as ganja conducted a checking operation and it was at about 10 AM that they caught one Maruti Zen bearing registration number ML 10 C 9707 and arrested the two persons seated in the vehicle and after the vehicle was checked, the police found 40 kgs of Ganja and seized the contraband.
The two persons arrested in this smuggling of Ganja are identified as Kitboklang Marweiñ, 30 years of age from Mawïong, East Khasi Hills District and Vivian Nongrum, 23 years of age from Nongpoh, Ri-Bhoi District.
The Jorabat Police Outpost also informed that these arrested persons also confessed the name of one woman from Khanapara to whom this contraband was meant to be delivered, and after the confession of these arrested persons, another woman named Pari Dawri from Khanapara was also arrested while the investigation on the smuggling of the contraband is ongoing.