Based on tip-off, the police searched the twelve-wheeler lorry numbered AS 01 DD 5636 and recovered a total of 305 kg of dry ganja in thirty-five packets from the secret room.  Lorry driver Mofizul Haque (26) was also arrested. He is a resident of Assam.

Meanwhile, on the same day at 11 o'clock in the morning, the police of Dharmanagar police station arrested three Ganja smugglers from the road adjacent to Dharmanagar Durgapur railway gate. A total of thirty kg of dry ganja in sixteen packets from four bags was recovered from them.

The arrested persons are Mustafa Ahmed (36), resident of Dhanpur in Bara Narayanpur area under Jatrapur police station, Shiffon Dey (21) lives in Badharghat under Amtali police station and Hefjul Sheikh (27), resident of Barua, Murshidabad District, West Bengal.