Excise Department officials on Monday seized ganja worth lakhs of rupees from a truck by carrying out a raid in the Ambapua area in Ganjam district and arrested one person in this connection. The accused was identified as Dablu Khan.
As per the report, the Intelligence and Enforcement wing of the Excise Department got inputs about the transportation of the ganja consignment and later intercepted the truck at Ambapua near Brahmapur.
During the search of the truck, a number of containers containing three quintals of the contraband were found concealed in vegetable sacks. Dablu, who was driving the truck, was taken into custody by the officials.
The seized contraband was being transported from the district to Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. Further investigation was on to find out the source of the ganja and who else were involved in the racket, sources informed.