The Chitrakonda police team of Malkangiri have had great success in seizing a huge quantity of cannabis (ଗଞ୍ଜେଇ). According to reports, the police team were doing patrolling near the Mantriput road yesterday afternoon.
During the patrolling, they stopped a speeding car and after checking they found 6 bags of cannabis. They seized the car (OR-02BL-9130) and also a bike from the scene and arrested 3 persons.
The three accused are identified as Sridhar Panigrahi from the Rayagada area, T.Saranraj from AndharraPradesh and Rabi Khara from Malkangiri district area. After weighting, the cannabis is found to be 133 kilograms.
The market price of the seized ganja is worth more than 10 Lakh rupees. The police lodged a complaint in the station and arraigned the three ganja smugglers to court, said SI Bighna Kishor Dala.