Five persons including three women were arrested from the city on Monday morning after a huge quantity of ganja was seized from their possession, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, personnel of the Narcotic Cell of the city police conducted a search operation near Ultadanga railway station in Manicktala area and seized over 52 kgs of ganja from them, they said.
"They failed to produce any satisfactory document and we have started a case at Manicktala police station. We are interrogating them and a probe has been initiated," a senior police officer said.