3 ganja-peddlers held, 5 kg of contraband seized

Three ganja-peddlers werearrested from different areas here on Saturday and nearly fivekg of the contraband was seized from them on Saturday, policesaid

Based on a tip-off, one of the peddlers was caughtearly this morning and 1.1 kg of the narcotic seized from himwhile his associate escaped, but was later arrested with threekg of ganja and Rs 3,500 in cash, they said

Further investigations led to the arrest of anotheraccused and seizure of 1.2 kg of the drug, they added.