Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch have recovered 116 kg ganja during a raid in Fatehgarh village in Nayagarh district on Tuesday.
A man, identified as Gagan Behera of Dalabehera Sahi under Fatehgarh police limits has been arrested in this case.
The STF seized the contrabadn from a car driven by Behera who could not produce any legal documents validating the possession of ganja in the vehicle, the STF said.
the STF booked Behera under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act and forwarded the accused to the court.
“Since 2020, STF in the special drive against narcotic drugs has seized more than 49 Kg of Brown Sugar/Heroin and more than 90 quintals of Ganja /Marijuna and arrested more than 125 drug dealers/peddlers,” the STF added.
