Sandalwood being transported to UP seized

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Sandalwood being transported to UP seized

Monday, 14 September 2020 | PNS | PARALAKHEMUNDI

Police seized sandalwood being transported to Uttar Pradesh and ganja to Assam in two separate incidents in Gajapati district on Saturday.

In the first incident, the Chandragiri police got inputs about sandalwood being transported in a car to Uttar Pradesh from the Cheligada area in the district.The car was intercepted by the Mohana police between Luhagudi and Kamalapur following information from their Chandragiri counterparts. During search nearly 10 kgs of sandalwood packed in five bags was recovered.The cops arrestee MD Jamsed of Brahmapur and Shravan Sharma of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the incident.

The estimated value of the seized sandalwood is worth Rs 1.5 lakh. Later, the cops handed over the seized car and the sandalwood to the officials of Chandragiri Forest Range.In another incident, during patrolling the Mohana police intercepted a truck which was on its way from Adaba. During search, 502 kgs of ganja was recovered from a secret chamber of the truck. The estimated market value of the seized contraband is about Rs 30 lakh. Police arrested the truck driver, Gopal Chandra Ray of Assam. During interrogation it was ascertained that the ganja   was being transported from Raipanka in the district and was being trafficked to Assam and Kolkota.

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