Kolhapur: Police City Solapur won 623 kg of marijuana worth Rs 1.36 Crore which was being transported in a car.
Police personnel who guarded the city vijapur entrance tried to stop the vehicle but the driver refused to stop.
The vehicle, however, was stopped after a brief pursuit.
The police claimed there were three people in a vehicle where two were managed to escape while the third, Sanjay Rathod, was arrested.
The police found that the vehicle was full of marijuana sacks which were sealed weighing 623 kg.
According to the police, there are other vehicles behind the vehicles confiscated and the goal is only to oversee the vehicle transporting substances that are prohibited.
Police with CCTV recording assistance are now trying to track other vehicles registered in the State of Telangana.
Vaishali Kabukar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said, “According to the primary investigation, Rathod informed that marijuana was brought from Hyderabad for sale in Maharashtra.
One of the abskonders was learned to be mastermind.
We have started a search for those who are running.” According to the police, subsatnce.
It is forbidden to be sold in small pockets at Rs 200.
“There is a well-developed network involved in illegal marijuana trade both for cultivation, sales and consumption.
We have requested the narcotics and psychotropic substances acting against the person arrested The network where special directions have been issued for all police stations, “Kabukar said.