Odisha Home Guard Among 8 Held For Ganja Smuggling | OTV News
Malkangiri: In a serious crackdown, Odisha police seized over 14 quintal of Ganja (dry hashish) and arrested eight individuals together with one dwelling guard, on Monday.
As per experiences, police seized 14.11 quintal of dry hashish within the crackdown and arrested the eight individuals together with the house guard of MV 79 police station and a lady.
The anticipated market worth of the seized Ganja is over Rs 1 crore. The seized contraband was being transported in a truck to Bihar, knowledgeable police sources.
Ganja commerce in #Malkangiri: 8 together with a house guard of MV 79 Police Station arrested; 14.11 quintal of dry hashish price round Rs 1 crore seized #Odisha
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Apart from the truck, police have reportedly seized one four-wheeler, one bike and 5 cellphones from the possession of the drug peddlers.
Police stopped a rushing truck at a verify level and through interrogation, they smelled ganja from the automobile. Cops discovered round 48 ganja sacks within the automobile. During interrogation, the peddlers admitted that the contraband was being transported to Bihar,” stated Anshuman Dwibedi, Malkangiri SDPO.
Earlier in a serious crackdown on January 30 and 31, police had seized ganja price round Rs 2 crore from Koraput and Berhampur.
On January 31, Excise Department officers seized round 20 quintals of Ganja in Berhampur in Ganjam district. Sources knowledgeable, the seized ganja might price over Rs 1 crore. The officers caught maintain of 1 drug peddler in reference to the unlawful commerce.
Similarly, in one other incident in Koraput on January 30, 15.77 quintal Ganja price Rs 75 lakh was seized by Semiliguda Police whereas it was being transported in a tanker trunk.
As per authorities experiences, by the tip of 12 months 2020, round 143 circumstances of Ganja commerce had been registered whereas 30172 kg Ganja was seized. Besides, police have arrested 294 individuals and seized 127 automobiles on this connection.
So far in 2021, 9 circumstances of the unlawful commerce have been registered whereas 2813 kg ganja has been seized other than arrest of 26 individuals and seizure of 10 automobiles, knowledgeable police.
(Edited By Pradeep Singh)
