Police on Saturday conducted a raid and seized over 1,600 kg of ganja and also opium in a college area under the Jajpur Town police station.
A person was arrested on the charge running the illegal trade. The accused was identified as Prashant Kumar Kar (30), a resident of Jhadanga. He was allegedly involved in a racket to supply contraband items to college students.
Kar was running a computer and gift shop near the Chitalo College in Jajpur town. On the pretext of it, he was selling ganja and opium to his customers.
Acting on a tipoff, a team of police officials conducted the raid on the computer shop in the presence of a magistrate and seized 1.600 kg ganja from a bag and 20 gram of opium from a sachet.
