Amazon cannabis smuggling case: 5 arrested by special enforcement bureau

The Special Enforcement Bureau has arrested five people including a father-son duo, 

New Delhi: The Special Enforcement Bureau of Andhra Pradesh police arrested five people, including a father-son duo, in Visakhapatnam on Saturday in connection with alleged smuggling of cannabis through e-commerce site Amazon.

The SEB seized 48 kg of ganja from the main accused, according to its joint director S Satish Kumar.

The Bhind police in Madhya Pradesh recently busted the cannabis trade racket that used the online route to smuggle ganja from the Visakhapatnam district. Amazon had said in a statement that it does not allow sale of illegal products through its platform and it was cooperating with the probe in the matter.