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Opium, ganja seized from oil tankers in Nagaland
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Kohima, September 03, 2009: Police seized around seven kg of opium worth nearly Rs 50 lakh in the international market and 400 kg ganja from two separate oil tankers on the national highway in Nagaland, officials said here today.

The opium was concealed inside a Manipur registered oil tanker coming from Imphal through NH-39 and the owner of the vehicle, who was accompanying the driver and cleaner, was arrested last night.

Police searched three oil tankers coming from Imphal in Purana Bazar area and this led to the recovery of the opium from one of them.

Opium is refined for making high grade heroin and this drug is priced at 15 a gram in the international market.

In the other seizure, Kohima police seized 400 kg of ganja from an empty oil tanker bearing registration number of Nagaland at Phesama check gate on the same national highway.

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