Xylo abandoned with 321 kg after driver flees
A Patnagarh special team Under SP orders chased a speeding Mahindra Xylo near Smart Park, Ghumpali, on 12 October 2026. The driver leapt out and fled into the dark; the abandoned Xylo held 321 kg of ganja in 16 sacks, bound out of state from Kandhamal.
🇮🇳 Ghumpali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha · India
Creator model: not recorded
- Cannabis
- 321 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 2,200,000
On strict orders from the Superintendent of Police, Bolangir, a special team under SDPO Sadananda Pujhari was patrolling against drug smuggling when, near Smart Park in Ghumpali on Monday afternoon, it spotted a Mahindra Xylo (OR-02-BG-1277) speeding erratically toward Ganga Sagar.[1] Officers gave chase; cornered, the driver abandoned the moving vehicle, leapt out and escaped into the darkness.[1]
Towed to the station and searched, the Xylo held 16 plastic sacks packed with ganja, 3 quintals 21 kg, seized formally before Executive Magistrate and Additional Tehsildar Arjun Majhi.[1] Police value the load at over Rs 22 lakh; preliminary inquiry traces it from Kandhamal district onward to another state.[1] SHO Haribandhu Gadatya confirmed a case was registered, and police are using the registration and vehicle leads to hunt the absconding driver and break up the wider interstate network.[1] The article places the contact on Monday, describing it as an afternoon patrol stop in one passage and a night seizure in another.[1]
Photos and video
- The seized Xylo with its 16 sacks at the police station Photos: Pragativadi / Balangir police
Sources
- Balangir Police Seize 321 kg Ganja Worth Rs 22 Lakh in Patnagarh. Pragativadi, 26 October 2026.