Police seize 10 quintals of ganja in Malkangiri, arrest 28
Odisha police seized about 10 quintals of ganja in 56 sacks from Badaguda forest under Mathili police limits on 19 May 2017, arresting 28 people who were carrying it on their shoulders from the Chitrakonda cutoff areas toward Chhattisgarh.
🇮🇳 Badaguda forest, Mathili, Malkangiri district · India
Odisha police seized about 10 quintals of ganja from Badaguda forest under
Mathili police limits in Malkangiri district on the morning of 19 May 2017.[1]Officers arrested 28 people in connection with the seizure.[1]
The arrested were carrying 56 sacks of ganja on their shoulders from the
cutoff areas of Chitrakonda toward Chhattisgarh in a neighbouring state.[1]A police team led by the Malkangiri sub-divisional police officer acted
on a tip-off to raid the forest and seize the consignment.[1]Police said
those held were being interrogated to establish the involvement of an
inter-state ganja racket.[1]
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