A father and son from Bihar were arrested for allegedly carrying 34kg of ganja in the boot of a Maruti Swift Dzire in the Maidan area in the heart of Kolkata on Sunday.
Police said a team from the narcotics cell of the detective department intercepted the vehicle minutes past midnight on Saturday. Sanjay Srivastava, 49, and Vikash, 22, were arrested and booked under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
An officer at Lalbazar said the Srivastavas, who are originally from Chapra district in Bihar, were carrying two bags containing 34 packets of a brown substance weighing 1kg each.
“After assessment, we found the substance was ganja. Possession and transportation of ganja is banned under the NDPS Act,” said an officer of the detective department.
The police are trying to find out where the consignment was to be delivered in the city.
Rape cuffs on first-year computer engineering student in Rajarhat
A first-year computer engineering student was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a classmate at his rented accommodation in Rajarhat, police said.
The student was picked up from his rented flat on the basis of a complaint lodged by the father of the 19-year-old woman with Eco Park police station.
The woman had gone to her friend’s flat on Friday where she was raped by him, said an officer.
“The woman’s father in his complaint mentioned that her friend had raped her in his flat,” he said.
The woman went to a nursing home off VIP Road after the alleged rape. The nursing home alerted her parents.