Continuing its crackdown against illegal ganja smuggling, police seized 841 kg of ganja from a 10-wheeler truck in Koraput district on Wednesday and arrested two ganja peddlers.
A police official said the estimated value of the seized contraband is more than Rs 80 lakh.Acting on inputs, police searched vehicles near the Rajput Chhak on he Semiliguda-Nandapur road. During a search of the truck, the cops recovered 28 sacks containing ganja packets.Two youths from Buxar in Bihar district, Dheeraj Kumar (20) and Arvind Kumar (19) were arrested on charges of smuggling the ganja and forwarded to court.In the preliminary probe it was ascertained that was on its way to Chhattisgarh from Lamtaput of Koraput district.
The Gajapati administration on the instructions of district Collector Anup Saha and SP Tapan Kumar Patnaik are taking various steps to stop illegal ganja plantation and trade in the district.
Police, revenue and excise Personnel conducted a joint raid at Sigilama village under the Raipanka gram panchayat in the district and illegal ganja plants in 52 acres worth Rs 10 crore were destroyed. But nobody was arrested from the spot,said Adaba police station IIC Anand Charan Patra.