Bhubaneswar: A unit of Special Task Force, Bhubaneswar on Wednesday carried out a raid near PN High School under Jatni police limits and seized 170 kilograms of Ganja from a man.
The man in possession of the contraband was identified as Mahendra Behera of Nuagaon Basti under Jatani police limits. He was booked under mutliple Sections of the NDPS Act.
Behera has a criminal antecedent. He was booked in a murder case by Jatni police and was in judicial custody for four years, the STF stated and added that since 2020, the agency has siezed more than 9 tonnes of Ganja and arrested 121 peddlers.
