Traffickers caught with 300kg cannabis.

Three men allegedly transporting 300 kg of cannabis were injured in an encounter with police in Greater Noida on Saturday night, officials said.

The men were intercepted near the Eastern Peripheral Expressway under the Jarcha police station area of Gautam Buddh Nagar while they were in a canter truck loaded with the consignment, the officials said.

“An encounter broke out between the traffickers and the local police in the Jarcha area. All three, who were transporting the cannabis, were injured in retaliatory firing by the police,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Greater Noida, Rajesh Kumar Singh said

The Delhi Police has recovered 300 kg of cannabis worth Rs 36 lakh from the truck. The accused had procured it from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and were taking it to Ghaziabad when they were intercepted. Three country-made pistols were also seized from accused Ummed, Monu and Pramod. Ummed lives in Delhi, while Monu is from Aligarh and Pramod from Hathras.

Mr Singh said a concerted effort is underway on instructions of Police Commissioner Alok Singh to check drug trafficking in the region.

Source: UP Police

Updated by Sirsha Gupta

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