Patna. The police of the railway station have busted a big racket of smuggling of marijuana. Two students have been arrested for smuggling ganja from Odisha to Dehri on Son in the lure of tour package and money. Two trolleys of ganja have been recovered from the arrested smugglers. 21 kg of ganja has been recovered in one trolley and 28 kg from the other trolley. The arrested smugglers include 19-year-old Vipul Chandra Pandey, resident of Ward 11, Baligaon, Amar police station area of Bhojpur, and 20-year-old Deepak Pathak, resident of Agiaon Bazar police station area of Bhojpur. Both are students of BA Part-1 and study in Ara only. Rail SP Amrtendu Shekhar Thakur gave this information on Monday.
Students caught from Purushottam Express
Rail SP told that both have been arrested from B-3 and B-5 coaches of AC-3 bogie of Purushottam Express. Both are cousins. Rail police DSP Murari Prasad, Sushil Kumar of Rail Zone Gaya, Sunil Kumar of Rail Police Station Gaya and other policemen were included in the team formed to investigate the whole matter.
Befriended racket kingpin Ramesh in coaching
Rail SP told that for the first time both the students got caught in the quagmire of smuggling and agreed to bring ganja. According to the information received, both the students met the kingpin of the racket, Ramesh alias Vivek Sawan, while studying in the coaching institute. Ramesh told both of them to give free tour package and 20 thousand rupees per person. He told that he has to reach Dihri-on-Sone by taking an item from a person named Rahul in Khurda market of Odisha. AC ticket will also be arranged for him. Being in AC, no one will doubt you that there is ganja in the trolley. Rail SP told that both the students were told that there is ganja in the trolley and from where to deliver it. Both the students said yes to smuggling after coming under the allure of tour and money.
Used to talk through audio conference, deals were done on the same
According to the information received, Ramesh used to look for such students, who need money, who get trapped immediately in the name of smartphone and tour. When the reporter of Prabhat Khabar interrogated both of them, it was found that one’s father had died and the other’s father was a farmer. Rail SP said that the kingpin of the racket, Ramesh, a resident of Arrah, used to talk to both the students and Odisha’s supplier Rahul on audio conference. On that, the whole deal and where and when to bring the drugs were told. He told that both the students took the train from Sasaram and went to Puri from there and then took the drugs and again left for Dihri on Sone with the AC ticket given by Rahul. The ticket was from Odisha to Goma only, but both the students managed to get seats reserved for going to Dihri on Son in AC only.
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Consignment was to be sent to Delhi, Jharkhand, UP and Bihar
According to Rail SP, many people are involved in the racket. Hemp is procured from Odisha and delivered to Delhi, Jharkhand, UP and Bihar. Many important information has been received from the mobiles of both the students. Got the details of the audio conferencing and got to know the number from it. He told that kingpin Ramesh used to order ganja four to five times in a month.
