An instance of illegal transportation of ganja by trains came to light when several sacks containing the contraband fell on three railway employees from a moving train in the district on Sunday.
The three staffs working on the track as gang men were injured in the incident. They were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here.
The incident took place in the wee hours of the day between the Dhenkanal railway station and the Shyamacharanpur PH.
Reports said the ganja was being smuggled by the Sambalpur-Howrah Express. Someone allegedly threw four sacks of the consignment from the train near Kainthapali that fell on the gangmen.
Receiving information, GRP personnel reached the spot and seized the ganja, which weighed about 1 quintal.