Koraput: Police seized around 90 kg of ganja, worth around Rs 9 lakh in domestic market, from a car near Kadri Chhak in Lamtaput area of Odisha’s Koraput district late on Wednesday.
According to sources, Machkund police along with their Lamtaput counterparts spotted a speeding car while checking vehicles by putting up barricades near Kadri Chhak and chased it for around 2 km. It was later founded abandoned in a forested area. Police recovered around 90 kg of ganja packed in five sacks while searching the car.
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Sources further said that the ganja was being transported to Jeypore from Andhra Pradesh to Jeypore.
While a case under NDPS Act has been registered, police have launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
