Two persons arrested on charges of peddling ganja fled police custody during a medical checkup in Malkangiri on Friday. Sources said, one of them has been nabbed from a jungle while the other one is still absconding.
Around 420 kilograms of Ganja, a laptop, Rs 10,000 cash, a car and two motorcycles have also been seized from their possession.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday seized property worth Rs 25 Lakh belonging to the most wanted ganja mafia Anil Pandi.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the registration number of truck belongs to Maharashtra. However, the other details like the source and the destination of the consignment and those involved in the smuggling are being probed.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel who made the statement a day after an SUV, allegedly transporting ganja between MP and Odisha, ploughed into a religious procession in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh killing one person and injuring 17 others, has urged Odisha and MP governments to take stern action against ganja trade.
The on-duty cops at the checkpoint chased the vehicles and successfully nabbed them. The police found the vehicles loaded with a huge cache of Ganja. Seizing the vehicles, police took five persons to Mudulipada police station for interrogation.
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Malkangiri: In a major crackdown, Odisha police seized over 14 quintal of Ganja (dry cannabis) and arrested eight persons including one home guard, on Monday. As per reports, police seized 14.11 quintal of dry cannabis in the crackdown and arrested the eight persons including the home guard of MV 79 police station and a woman. […]
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