Kandhamal: The Excise Department and the Baliguda Police destroyed illegal ganja cultivation worth over eight crores in Kandhamal district of Odisha.
The joint team conducted a raid on over 80 acres of land in a forest near Surubali village of Mahasingh panchayat.
The ganja plantation was destroyed by cutting down the plants and then burning it up, said Baliguda police officer Abhinav Shankar.