Woman held with 3 kg hashish in Gujarat

A 45-year-old woman was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau for possessing three kg of hashish (charas) worth Rs 18 lakh, officials said today.
The accused woman, identified as Nusratjahan Saiyad, a resident of Lokhandwala flats in Jamalpur area of city, was held last night, officials said.
According to them, she had taken hashish from a supplier in Delhi and was caught as soon as she landed at Naroda circle here.
"Our probe revealed that Saiyad has been involved in this racket since almost five years. She fist went to Delhi and took delivery of 3 kg of hashish. From Delhi, she came to Udaipur by train and boarded an Ahmedabad bound bus from Udaipur to reach here," NCB's zonal director Hariom Gandhi said.

"We kept a watch on her after she arrived at Naroda circle late last night and caught her as soon as she came out of the bus. When we searched her bag, we recovered 3 kg hashish, worth around Rs 18 lakh in the international market, from her," he added.
Investigation revealed that Saiyad has been supplying hashish to many smaller drug dealers as well as individuals in the city.
"She used to purchase drugs from other parts of country and sell it in the local market here," Gandhi said.