BSF seizes 100 kg ganja in Malkangiri, arrests 3

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KalingaTV News Network

Malkangiri: Launching a crackdown on drug peddlers in the district, the Border Security Force (BSF) officials seized around 100 kg of ganja and arrested three persons in Chitrakonda cut-off on Friday.

The held peddlers have been identified as Sunil Mishra, Nanda Kumar Dwivedi and Amit Pandey. All are residents of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh State.

A team of BSF patrolling party waylaid a Bolero on suspicion of carrying the banned drug near Gurupriya Bridge last evening. After conducting a search of the vehicle, they found several packs of ganja kept in it and seized them. All three who were boarding the vehicle were taken into custody and later handed over to Chitrakonda Police.

Chitrakonda Police said the seized ganja consignment which would cost in lakhs was being sent to Madhya Pradesh.

Interrogation of the held accused is underway to map out the next course of action, it added.

 

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