Ganja crop worth `3 crore was destroyed and seven persons were arrested in four separate places in Mohana and R Udayagiri blocks here within two days.
On the direction of Gajapati SP Charan Singh Mina, a team led by R Udayagiri police station officer Jaydev Biswajit arrested two persons and seized 27.800 gram of ganja, while they were going in a bike with a bag containing the contraband from Depirigudu village at Parimala panchanyat. They were booked under Section 20(B) IPC.
In another incident, Mohana police arrested two persons and forwarded them to court after a seizure of eight bags containing 112 kg ganja from them. They were transporting the ganga in a Tata Sumo jeep bearing number OR-05-S-3538.
The vehicle was traveling in Raigada-Brahmapur road towards Brahmapur. The arrested were identified as Sudhakara Behera and Dillip Seth from Tigiria under Bindhania police station in Cuttack district.
Similarly, the Mohana police arrested three persons and seized 64.9 kg ganja from a Tata Vista car bearing number OR 10-A-5541, while the vehicle was traveling towards Brahmapur.
The arrested were identified as Pravat Khuntia, Dibakara Behera and Maheswar Rath.
The police also seized and destroyed cannabis plantation worth `3 crore at Jadajadama and Gouranga villages of Raipanka gram panchayat under Adaba police limits.