Ganja worth Rs 25 lakh seized from truck in Koraput, 2 held

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Koraput: Tightening the noose around the necks of drug traders, police seized a truck carrying huge cache of ganja and arrested two persons by conducting a raid in Lamataput area in Koraput district last night.

The held persons have been identified as the driver of the ganja-laden truck and rider of a bike which was escorting it.

A joint team of Lamataput and Machhkund police was conducting a vehicle checking on Lamataput-Jeypore road when came across the ganja consignment weighing around 5 quintal being transported discreetly in millet sacks and seized those.

“The seized ganja would cost around Rs 25 lakh. From the preliminary investigation it has come to notice that the truck (Registration Number-OR 10H 6271) is owned by Haribandhu Khara. The held bike rider happens to be his brother identified as Harischandra Khara,” said Tapan Mahanadi, Nandapur SDPO.

Further investigation by police is underway into the case.

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