Excise Department officials on Friday seized around 120 kg of ganja from a tractor in Nabarangpur district and arrested two persons in this connection.
Acting on a tipoff about the huge cache of ganja being transported in the vehicle from Malkangiri to Kalahandi, the officials intercepted the tractor near the Indravati bridge. On searching the vehicle, 24 packets of ganja weighing around 120 kg were recovered.
The arrested persons were identified as Kamalalochan Gulal and Khagapati Alrab. The cost of the seized ganja was estimated at Rs 6 lakh. The owner of the tractor had promised the arrested persons to pay them Rs 20,000 for carrying the contraband in the tractor, police sources said.
