Bhubaneswar

Rs2-crore worth ganja destroyed

PNS

Excise police, with the assistance of local police, conducted raids in landigiri village surrounded by forests under the Odanga police station and destroyed ganja worth Rs 2 crore on Thursday.

However, no arrest was made in the case.

According to a senior Excise official, ganja cultivation was undertaken on about 5 acres of land. “Ganja cultivation was undertaken here in a planned manner. We destroyed the hemps by burning them,” added the official.

He also added that search operation is on to trace out the persons who had undertaken the cultivation.