The duo has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act while the market value of the seized drugs is estimated to be around Rs 5 lakh.
Gajapati police seized a huge haul of around 21 quintal of ganja worth over Rs 1.5 crore in R Udayagiri and arrested as many as 26 persons including seven women in this connection
The Oxygen cylinders had arrived from Vietnam and were being transported to Delhi from Visakhapatnam port. The Ganja was loaded into the truck from some place in Koraput district.
With Cyclone ‘Yaas’ looming on the horizon, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena on Friday (May 21), stated that the state is well prepared. Jena stated that 5 NDRF teams who were sent to Gujarat for Cyclone Tauktae will return to Odisha for deployment. He also added that ODRAF, NDRF and Fire Services personnel are being dispatched to strategic locations in the districts most likely to be impacted.
At least 5 kg ganja was seized near Similiguda in Koraput district on Friday. The seized contraband is estimated to be worth Rs 6 lakh.
Nabrangpur: The Umerkote police on Sunday seized over seven quintal of ganja at Chandiabeda village in the district and arrested four persons including an employee of Assam Rifle in this connection. Acting on a tip-off a special squad led by Umerkote Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Dinesh Kumar Nayak raided the house of one Rabi […]
Koraput/Berhampur: Continuing with its crackdown on illegal Ganja trade in the State, Odisha police has seized around Rs 2 crore worth Ganja from Koraput and Berhampur in the last two days. Semiliguda Police on Sunday seized around 15.77 quintal of Ganja near Daliamba chhak while it was being illegally transported in a tanker trunk. The […]
Berhampur: The Excise department officials on Saturday seized 20 quintals of Ganja from a poultry feed-laden truck near Kanisi area on NH-16 and detained one person in connection with the illegal trade. Miscreants are reportedly using different techniques to smuggle narcotic substances like Ganja (dry cannabis) in Odisha. Earlier on January 10, drug peddlers had […]
Koraput: In a major crackdown on illegal narcotics trade, over 700 kilograms of Ganja (dry cannabis) has been seized following raids by Lamtaput and Padua police in Koraput district in the past 24 hours. The market price of the seized narcotics is said to be around Rs 70 lakh. As per reports, two teams led […]
Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Commissionerate Police seized around 14 kg of ganja worth Rs 1 lakh from two expensive cars and arrested two peddlers in this connection near Bankuala under Saheed Nagar Police limits here on Tuesday. Cops also confiscated both the four wheeler used for the peddling. Acting on an Intel, a […]
Lamtaput: Intensifying crackdown on ganja smuggling, Koraput police on Saturday seized more than 13 quintals of the contraband during raids at two places in the district. According to sources, the market value of the seized Ganja is around Rs 1.5 crore. The Machakunda police seized more than eight quintals of Ganja inside a closed house […]
Koraput: Police in Koraput district seized 596 kg ganja being smuggled in a diesel tanker in Lamtaput area of Koraput district on Friday. The contraband was seized from Khilwa Chak during routine patrolling by Nandapur police. The ganja was being smuggled to Kolkata from Andhra Pradesh. Huge consignment of Ganja seized from diesel tanker in […]
Koraput: In a major drug haul, a consignment of over 500 kilograms of Ganja (dry cannabis) has been seized from a truck at the Lamtaput area in Koraput district. As per preliminary reports, the smuggled Ganja consignment was hidden in secret chambers in a truck and sealed in packets. A team of Lamtaput police seized […]
Bhubaneswar: Huge quantity of banned cannabis was seized from a goods carrier from Bharatpur area Khordha by the State Excise department on Friday. One person has been arrested in connection with the smuggling of the contraband weighing around 93 kg. Acting on a tip off that the smuggled Ganja (cannabis) was being transported in a […]
Gajapati: Two persons were arrested for allegedly smuggling around four quintals of ganja (cannabis) worth Rs 30 lakh from Kalameri village on Chandiput-Luhagudi road under Mohana Police Station in Gajapati district on Sunday. As per reports, the accused duo, identified as Paul Pani and Anugraha Lima of Ranalai village in R Udaygiri of the district, […]