34 held as police seize 3,305 kg of ganja in Malkangiri forests
Seventy-five officers intercepted ganja traffickers in the Mathili forests of Malkangiri, seizing 3,305 kg of the drug and arresting 34 people in an overnight raid, a night after about 100 traffickers escaped a first raid.
🇮🇳 Mathili forests, Malkangiri district, Odisha · India
A 75-member police team led by Sub-divisional Police Officer Risikesh Khilari intercepted ganja traffickers in the forests of Mathili police station area in Malkangiri district.[1][2]The raid began on the night of 6 June and ran into the early hours of 7 June 2019, netting 3,305 kg of ganja and 34 arrests.[1][2]
A second night in the forest
The night before, about 100 traffickers had escaped after a scuffle with officers who raided the forests on a tip-off, leaving one officer injured.[1]Of the 34 arrested, 17 were from Malkangiri, 11 from Nabarangpur, five from Koraput and one from Chhattisgarh, where police suspect the consignment was headed.[1][2]
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