A joint team of the Narcotics Control Bureau and Orkel police intercepted an Andhra Pradesh truck near a temple at Balimela Chhak on 27 May 2018 and seized 1,598 kg of ganja.[1] The ganja, estimated to be worth between Rs 2.5 crore and Rs 3 crore, was being smuggled from Achutapuram in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district to Nashik in Maharashtra via Odisha.[1] The interception followed specific information received by the joint team, and the truck bore Andhra Pradesh registration number AP 21 TU2268.[1] Officers arrested the truck’s driver and helper, identified as Moogi Venkateswarlu, 36, and Chanti Suresh, 28, both residents of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.[1] The team also seized four mobile phones, some cash and 1,800 kg of crude salt carried in the truck.[1]