Ranchi: Four persons were arrested with around 4 kg of cannabis in separate operations across the city over Friday and Saturday. The raids were conducted after Ranchi senior superintendent of police Rakesh Ranjan instructed the district police force to start a proactive campaign against the drug peddlers and their associates.Acting on a tip-off about illegal ganja trading in the city’s Ratu Road area, police on Friday busted a racket and arrested two persons for their alleged involvement. “At around 9 pm on Friday, a team raided the Ratu Road area. The two accused tried to flee after spotting the police, but they were arrested on the spot,” Kotwali assistant superintendent of police (ASP), Nikhil Rai said.Police recovered around 300 grams of ganja and Rs 6,000 cash from one of the accused, Pankaj Kumar, while Rs 43,000 cash was recovered from the other accused, Prakash Singh, police said.“During interrogation, Prakash revealed about ganja being stored in his house after which police found around 2.39 kg of ganja there,” the ASP added.
