Koraput: Around 10 personnel of the Excise and Police departments were detained by villagers during a raid at Dangabir under Nandapur police limits in Koraput district late Wednesday night.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Excise and Nandapur Police had conducted a raid in the village and had seized around 10 tonnes of ganja. When they were loading the seized contraband into the vehicle, they were attacked by some villagers.
As the personnel tried to flee the spot, the villagers detained them. On getting information, Padua Police reached the spot to rescue them but they were also detained by the villagers. In the meantime, the seized ganja was also stolen from the vehicle.
The detained personnel were rescued after the intervention of the police force from Nandapur. Some excise and police personnel and the driver of their vehicle have been injured in the attack.
