Odisha police have made a seizure of cannabis worth Rs 1.5 crore in Malkangiri district and arrested a drug peddler in a raid at Rekhapali-Darakonda road along the Andhra-Odisha, said a senior police official.
A carrier van was intercepted at Rekhapali chowk under Chitrakonda police station area in Malkangiri district on Sunday and 1,501 kilograms of cannabis locally called ganja was seized. The contraband was being smuggled to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh; police said adding that the drug peddlers were arrested under NDPS act provisions.
Since the past one month, the Malkangiri police have seized ganja haul of more than 8,000 kilograms which are valued at around Rs 9 crore.
The cannabis routed through Odisha by organized drug syndicates is much in demand in other States because its price is on the lower side.
These banned substances are mostly being smuggled to northern parts of the country including New Delhi, said Sub Divisional Police Officer, Anshuman Dwivedi.