The Malkangiri police arrested two persons on the charge of illegally transporting ganja at Padamgiri on Tuesday morning.
The police seized 660 kg of ganja, cash Rs 8 lakh in cash and a Bolero van from their possession.
Acting on a tipoff from a reliable source, a police team led Dr Saravana Vivek M intercepted the Bolero van and made the arrests and seizures. The arrested persons were identified as Ananda Jena(25) of Talasahi and Dillip Kumar Bala(37) of Padmagiri in the district.
Till now in 2018, 148 persons arrested and a total of 16,575 kg of ganja, seven trucks, 44 four-wheelers and 18 two-wheelers seized from them on different times.