Tag: Ganja Trafficking

According to police sources, nine out of the 11 persons hail from Malkangiri district while the rest two are from Andhra Pradesh. All of them were arrested during a crackdown on ganja smuggling in MV 79 area on February 1, 2021.

In view of the serious dimension the drug menace has assumed in Odisha, there has to be adequate strategy to control the problem. Government needs to address urgently issues like adequate staffing, training, adequate equipment and inter-agency coordination challenges.

Malkangiri: With the excise department growing more vigilant against trafficking of narcotics, ganja smugglers in Odisha seem to be devising new ways to hoodwink the officials. Police today nabbed two miscreants while trying to smuggle ganja arranged in guise of a dead body inside a vehicle. The cops seized the fake ‘ambulance’ at Gobindpalli chhak […]

Jeypore: BSF jawans seized a mini truck loaded with 610 kg ganja worth Rs 1.2 lakh near Sunki in Koraput district on late Saturday night. The seized vehicle with the contraband items were handed over to Pottangi police, BSF sources said. Acting on a tip-off, BSF troops of 120 Battalion intercepted the truck (OR-10-H 3249) […]

Malkangiri: In a major breakthrough, Malkangiri Police on Saturday arrested 34 persons and seized 3,305 kg of ganja (dry cannabis) from their possession. Senior officials informed that the cost of the seized narcotics is expected to be over Rs 2 crore. It is pertinent to mention here that on June 6, a police team was […]