With seizures worth Rs2.06 crore, cannabis, locally known as charas, emerged as the second-most smuggled drug in the city, with most of it coming from Jammu & Kashmir, followed by Himachal Pradesh. “Cannabis from Jammu & Kashmir is supplied to Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa, and some states in the south,” said an ANC officer, requesting anonymity. In 2017, the ANC managed to crack down on key suppliers from the region and recovered cannabis worth Rs 1.40 crore in Mumbai. The police recovered 21kg of charas (worth Rs80 lakh) from them. “The charas was mostly sent from Jammu and Kashmir in apple trucks and the consignments were unloaded near vegetable markets on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Source: Hindustan Times February 06, 2018 03:56 UTC