Kalimela police seize 1,325 kg of ganja worth Rs 66.25 lakh; trader flees
Kalimela police in Odisha's Malkangiri district seized 1,325 kg of ganja, which they valued at 66.25 lakh rupees, from a hiding place near Gagrimetla forest. The suspected trader fled before officers arrived, reportedly after being tipped off, and no arrest was reported.
🇮🇳 Gagrimetla forest, Kalimela, Malkangiri district, Odisha · India
Kalimela police seized1,325 kg of illicit ganja worth an estimated 66.25 lakh
rupees in a raid near Gagrimetla forest in Odisha’s Malkangiri district.[1][2]The suspected trader fled before officers reached the spot, reportedly after
receiving prior information about the raid.[1]No arrest was reported in the
case.[1]
The raid followed intelligence that a large consignment of ganja was being
stored illegally near the forest.[1]The contraband was seized in the presence
of Kalimela Tahsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate Ramakrishna Satyarajaguru and
other witnesses.[1]Kalimela police station registered a case under Section
20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]
Kalimela police station officer Prabhudatta Biswal said preliminary suspicion
pointed to ganja traffickers from outside the state.[1]Efforts were under way
to identify those involved and to trace the source of the contraband and the
network behind the trafficking.[1]
Kalimela police station registered the case as Case No. 279 dated 5 November 2026 under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, a detail not given in the earlier accounts of the seizure.[3]
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