120 kg seized after car rams excise vehicle
A joint Athagad-Banki excise team acting on a tip-off tried to stop a cannabis-loaded car near Nuasadak Chhak, Tigiria, on 11 October 2026. The car rammed the excise vehicle and fled toward Athagarh before crashing into a barrier at Marugoth Chhak; the smugglers escaped to the forest, abandoning 120 kg of ganja worth Rs 12 lakh.
🇮🇳 Nuasadak Chhak, Tigiria, Cuttack, Odisha · India
Creator model: not recorded
- Cannabis
- 120 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 1,200,000
On a tip-off about ganja smuggling, a joint team of Athagad and Banki excise officials tried to intercept a car, registration OD 02R 8811, coming loaded with cannabis from the Tigiria area near Nuasadak Chhak under Tigiria police station limits in Cuttack district.[1] The car rammed the excise team’s vehicle and sped off toward Athagarh, with the joint team in pursuit.[1] The chase ended near Marugoth Chhak, where the car crashed into a road barrier and stopped; under cover of darkness the traffickers abandoned the four-wheeler on the spot and fled toward the forest.[1] Inspection of the car turned up 120 kg of ganja, estimated worth Rs 12 lakh, which officials seized along with the vehicle.[1] The bylined 11 October account presents the smugglers’ flight as reported; it reports no arrests and names no injuries from the ramming.[1] The article spells the district “Kataka” throughout.[1]
Photos and video
- Seized white sacks with an excise officer Photos: Kalinga TV / Excise department
Sources
- Ganja smugglers flees after ramming excise team's vehicle, car seized with 120 kgs of cannabis. Kalinga TV, 26 October 2026.