Mathili Police under Malkangiri district yesterday able to stop illegal cannabis (ଗଞ୍ଜେଇ) smuggling and further able to seize huge amount of ganja. The team further arrested 3 people in connection with this.
According to sources, yesterday the Mathili police team were doing night patrolling and during the checking, they stopped a pick-up van near the Saptadhara (ସପ୍ତଧାରା) river of Govindpalli.
After checking the vehicle, they found a huge amount of ganja. They seized the van & all the ganja and took the 3 accused to the police station. In the station after weighting, it is found to be 10 quintals.
The approximate market value of the seized ganja is more than Rs 50 Lakh. Mathili police further seized two bikes. All the accused were taken to court today, said the station officer Shri Suryaprakash Nayak.