MALKANGIRI: Over 15 quintals of ganja worth more than Rs1 crore, being smuggled in an oil tanker to neighbouring Chhattisgarh, were seized by Malkangiri Police on Thursday. Three persons have been arrested and the tanker seized.
Cops led by IIC Ranjan Kumar Sahu, on a tip off, intercepted the oil tanker and found the contraband packed in gunny bags inside it at Talasahi on Sukma road. The contraband was being smuggled from Bhejaguda under Mathili police limits to Chhattisgarh.
The three accused have been identified as Aswini Baghel of Christianpeta in Jeypore of Koraput district besides, Sana Nag and Raghu Kanker of Sargiguda in Malkangiri district. The ganja was packed in 100 small packets which were kept in gunny bags inside the oil tanker, said the IIC.
Police are interrogating the trio to get more information about possibility of a ganja smuggling racket functioning in the area. This, apparently, is the biggest haul of ganja made so far this year. This is also the first incident of ganja being smuggled in an oil tanker in the district, the IIC said.
One arrested for selling cannabis
Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Thursday arrested a man for selling cannabis in the city. The accused is Ramesh Nayak alias Rami from Infocity. Police also recovered more than 20 kg cannabis from him. Infocity police said, several police stations here, including the GRP, had registered cases against Nayak on similar charges. A case in this regard was registered under NDPS Act and Nayak was produced in a court.