Odisha police seize over 1.5 tonnes of ganja, arrest five in two districts
Police in Koraput and Kalahandi seized 1,581 kg of ganja worth Rs 1.22 crore in two truck interceptions on 5 and 6 September 2021. Five suspected peddlers were arrested and three vehicles impounded.
🇮🇳 Koraput and Kalahandi districts, Odisha · India
Acting on a tip-off, Jeypore Sadar police in Koraput district intercepted a truck on 6 September 2021 and recovered 1,008 kg of cannabis going out of the state from Jalaput.[1]The driver was arrested at the spot and two suppliers were nabbed later, and officers seizedRs 1.65 lakh in cash along with the truck, a car and a motorcycle.[1]
In Kalahandi district, police intercepted a pumpkin-loaded truck in Kesinga town on 5 September 2021 and found 573.46 kg of cannabis in 280 polythene-wrapped packets hidden inside the pumpkin consignment.[1]Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M said the truck was travelling from Padampur in Rayagada district to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, and the two arrested men from Uttar Pradesh were produced in court.[1]
Police valued the combined 1,581.46 kg haul at Rs 1.22 crore and registered cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in both incidents.[1]
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