MALKANGIRI: As many as 266 bags of ganja were seized by Orkel police and 133 tribals arrested on Tuesday night.
IIC of the police station Anirudha Routray said on a tip off, the cops arrived near the Sourlikonda barrage, 8 km from Balimela town, and found about 140 persons were going somewhere, each carrying two bags of ganja.
The contraband weighing about 5,320 kg is estimated to be worth over ` 3 crore. All the tribals were arrested. While most of the tribals are native of Umerkote area in Nabarangpur district, the rest belongs to five or six villages under Chitrakonda police limits.
The contraband was to be transported to Umerkote area from where it was to be shifted to Raipur in Chhattisgarh.