The Koraput police administration on Saturday suspended two policemen for their alleged involvement in a ganja smuggling incident in the Padua police station area in the district.
The two suspended cops were identified as Odisha Auxiliary Police Force (OAPF) Constable Biswanath Parija and Havildar Narendra Badanayak.
On Friday, the Padua police had seized ganja worth Rs 25 lakh and arrested a Rourkela resident Ashwini Mohanta in this connection. The two cops were allegedly involved in the incident.
In a similar seizure the same day, the Lamptaput police of the district had seized 1036 contraband worth Rs 1 crore from a truck.However, the smugglers had managed to give the slip.