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Ganja seized in Golaghat

By Siddhartha Handique |

The Golaghat police nabbed two persons from Furkating Rail station after recovering ganja from their possession on Wednesday night.
Identified as Vijay Chetri and Ganesh Pandey, the duo were carrying ganja worth Rs 3 lakh from Manipur to Arunachal Pradesh.
They confessed to have bought ganja from a Kuki villages in Manipur to be supplied to other parts of region.

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