Excise officials in Similiguda detained a two-wheeler rider carrying illegally transported ganja, arresting Sheikh Nazir of Jagannath Pur in the Jeypore area and sending him to court.[1] The operation was carried out by Nandapur excise staff, whose inspector Raju K T later described how the team acted after receiving information about ongoing ganja smuggling.[1] Acting on that information, the staff organized vehicle checks near Malipetta village on Sunday morning to intercept the suspected movement.[1]

During those checks, officers stopped a single two-wheeler for inspection as part of the targeted screening of passing vehicles.[1] A search of the stopped vehicle revealed about 25 kilograms of ganja being transported on it.[1] The excise team seized the recovered consignment at the checkpoint and took the rider moving it into custody.[1] Officials identified the detained rider as Sheikh Nazir and said he was arrested and produced before the court for further legal proceedings.[1]