DW BUREAU / Chandigarh In a major haul, Haryana Police has busted an eight-member gang of drug traffickers involved in interstate smuggling of narcotics from Jhajjar district. The police have also recovered 105 kg 500 gram of ganja (marijuana), being transported from Odisha state. Giving the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that the police team which acted on a tip-off caught eight accused identified as Monu, a native of Bihar, Sarabjit Singh of Rajasthan, Rakesh and Ravi of district Sonipat, Kuldeep and Manjit of district Rohtak. Both the arrested women hailing from Indira colony, Rohtak are mother-daughter. A police team got secret information thata huge consignment of ganja was being transported from Odhisa in a Scorpio and i20 vehicle to be supplied in the area of Rohtak district. Acting on the tip-off, a naka was laid on the kundli-manesar-palwal expressway near Badli, and based on suspicion two vehicles were intercepted. During checking, 105 kg 500 grams of ganja was found hidden in five bags. While two bags were recovered from i20 used to act as a pilot vehicle, whereas three bags were seized from the scorpio vehicle. It was also revealed that separate cases of murder were registered against the three accused Manjeet, Kuldeep and Rakesh. All three have been sentenced to life imprisonment in these cases and were out on bail. One of the arrested accused Manjeet is a dismissed employee of Haryana Police. He was recruited in 2002 and sacked in 2015 after being convicted in the murder case. A case under NDPS Act had been registered against them and further investigation is being done. One held for demanding Rs 50 lakhs ransom in Gurugram, accused claims to be gangster Neeraj Bawana. (editor@dailyworld.in)