The Jeypore Sadar police seized a huge quantity of ganja from a ginger laden pick up van in Koraput district on Sunday. The estimated market value of the seized contraband is around Rs 1 crore.
Getting intelligence inputs that ganja was loaded in a pick-up van near Pottangi and likely to pass through Jeypore Ghat for loading in a truck, a police team set a trap and intercepted the vehicle. They took into custody one occupant of the vehicle.
However, six others, including the driver, managed to give a slip to police.
During the search, police recovered 1053 kg ganja that would have been transported to outside the State.
The cops also seized Rs 1.80 lakh cash and two mobile phones from the accused identified as Sanjaya Khora (22), a resident of RK Maliguda under the Semiliguda police station in the district. Police are interrogating the accused to unearth more information about the racket and have launched a hunt.
