Semiliguda police stopped two vehicles at Kokriguda Chhak, under Semiliguda police limits in Koraput district, at about 11 am on Friday 18 September 2020 after a tip-off about ganja smuggling.[1][2] Officers searched a white Mahindra pickup, registration OR-10-E-6548, and a Glamour motorcycle, registration OD-10-J-7885, and recovered 1,000 kg of ganja packed in sacks.[1][2]
Police arrested the five men carrying the load: Parmesh, also called Dipu, 32, of Kunduli; Kartika Chapadi, 22, of Maliput in Pottangi; and Gopal Bhoi, 27, Shyama Bhoi, 19, and Damu Bhoi, 18, all of Parajaburuda in Nandapur.[2] The seized ganja was valued at about one crore rupees.[2]
A case, Semiliguda PS Case No. 79/2020 dated 18 September 2020, was registered under sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and the accused were forwarded to court.[1][2] Semiliguda inspector-in-charge Dhiren Kumar Behera said police were working to unravel the wider network behind the shipment.[2]