Pics | More than 2500 kg cannabis seized from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in two separate raids by DRI officials

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized nearly 2,500 kilogram of marijuana from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in two separate raids.

In Patna, DRI officials got tip off that marijuana had been loaded in a truck at the Nagaland-Assam border. On Tuesday night, DRI officials seized 1817 kg of cannabis from a truck coming from Assam and arrested three persons.

In the second raid, DRI officials seized a consignment of 690 kgs of cannabis from Gorakhpur on Wednesday. The truck was coming from Northeast. Three persons were arrested by the officials. Further investigation is going on into the matter.