Cuttack: A total of 20.5 kilogram of Ganja, Rs 75.2 lakh cash, and several gold ornaments were seized from the house of a Ganja trader at Jhinkiria under Baiyalishi Mouza Police Station in Cuttack.
Reportedly, at around 8 PM on Friday, Badambadi Police Station IIC Dillip Kumar Mohanty received credible information from source that one Bubu alias Narayan Pati and his friend Abakash Swain of Kalyani Nagar of Cuttack were standing near BSNL, Office, Link Road, Cuttack carrying a white colour jari basta containing Ganja in a Honda Activa scooter to sell the same to the customer.
On this information, a raid was conducted and the above accused persons were found in possession of Ganja.
During the house search of accused Bubu at Jhinkiria, a huge amount of cash, and gold neckless were recovered from his house. He confessed that he is a habitual Ganja businessman and the recovered cash is the sale proceeds of the said Ganja.
During the course of the investigation, both the accused persons were arrested today. All the findings, including one Honda Activa scooter and two mobile phones, have been seized from their possession.
