Ahmedabad, March 2 – A Special Court in Ahmedabad sentenced a drug trafficker to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh in a 2023 mephedrone smuggling case, an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Monday.
An Additional Sessions Judge in Ahmedabad, Mohammad Irfan Usmangani Saiyad, a resident of Kalupur, Ahmedabad, was convicted in the case.
The case involved the seizure of 155 grams of mephedrone and 43 grams of charas at Kalupur Railway Station, Ahmedabad, in February 2023, which led to the arrest of the drug trafficker.
In another case, a Special NDPS Court in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, recently sentenced three drug traffickers to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh each for interstate activities involving Ganja (Cannabis), an NCB official said.
The three convicts were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Bhopal Zonal Unit in 2000 for their involvement in trafficking over 870 kg of Ganja from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh via Chhattisgarh, according to a statement issued by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
The convicts – Arun Kumar Sharma, Ranjit Sharma, and Ganga Choudhary – all residents of Village Koilwar, Surondha Colony, Aara, Bhojpur, Bihar, were arrested along with the seizure of 879.530 kg of Ganja, which was 44 times the commercial quantity, the statement said.
The case dates back to November 17, 2020, when, acting on specific input, officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Indore Zonal Unit, intercepted a truck at the Shaliwada Toll Plaza (on NH-30), under Barela Police Station of Jabalpur district, the NCB said.
During the investigation, it was found that the seized Ganja was sourced from Boregaon, Odisha, and was destined for Maihar, MP.
A complaint in this matter was filed before the Special NDPS Court, Jabalpur, on May 7, 2021.
The convicts were punished under section 8(C), 20 (b)(ii) (C) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985 (as amended), it said.
In this particular case, the seized drug was disposed of on June 3, 2022, and the seized vehicle was also disposed of on January 6, 2025, in accordance with the established procedure, the official statement said.