Sonepur police arrested Bhavani Meher near the Kalapathar-Sardapali junction in Bargarh district for allegedly transporting ganja in a vehicle.[1] Meher, named as the accused moving the consignment, was the only person reported as arrested during the checks.[1] Officers took him into custody after stopping a suspicious vehicle at the junction and searching it.[1]
Inside that stopped vehicle, officers found 140 kilograms and 400 grams of ganja.[1] Police seized the ganja recovered from the vehicle as the case property.[1] The seizure was made during vehicle checks conducted by Sonepur police near Kalapathar-Sardapali in Bargarh district.[1]
Police had mounted those checks after receiving information that ganja was being smuggled illegally to other states.[1] The interception point near the Kalapathar-Sardapali junction lies within Bargarh district in Odisha.[1] The case centres on the alleged interstate movement of the seized ganja from the Bargarh area.[1] The accused was held on the spot after the ganja was identified in the vehicle.[1]