Malkangiri: Seven persons, including a police constable from Telangana, were arrested by Kalimela police on charges smuggling ganja in Odisha’s Malkangiri district
The constable has been identified as R Sreeny Naik.
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The accused were caught near the Kamala Padar area with 103 kg of ganja worth around Rs 5 lakh. Two cars, three iPhones, ATM cards, PAN cards and Aadhaar cards were seized from their possession. They have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and forwarded to court.
The ganja was reportedly being smuggled from Malkangiri to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
