Guwahati: Assam police continued their war on narcotics by seizing large quantities of illegal ganja during two separate operations in and around Guwahati.
An enormous amount of marijuana was seized from a hotel in the Paltanbazar district of the city on Sunday night.
A woman was among the five people detained in connection to the seizure.
Police said that during a raid at the Sumiya Hotel that was carried out as a result of confidential information, 36 kg of marijuana was found from two different rooms.
The arrested persons have been identified as Munir Hussain, Saiful Basa, Sahida Khatun, Anowar Hussain, and Rakesh Devnath, all residents of Sonamura district in Tripura.
A case has been filed against the accused following the seizure under the NDPS Act.
Investigation is on to unearth further linkages.
In a separate incident, two people were detained in Jorabat, which is part of both the Ri-Bhoi and Kamrup (M) districts of Meghalaya with 40 kg of marijuana.
The identities of the arrestees are yet to be ascertained.
Sources said the duo was transporting the ganja to Guwahati when it was intercepted by police in Jorabat based on specific information.