Archive · 30 Jul 2026
Odisha Police Arrest Three in Ganja Smuggling Ring
The Odisha police caught three people who were moving a lot of weed from Odisha to Rajasthan.
They found 227.4 kilograms of weed in a truck on a highway near a town called Pitapali.
The police also took about 3.86 lakh rupees in cash and some phones.
The three people arrested are named Sibaram Biswal, Sibaram Patra, and Kana Mitu, who also goes by Manoranjan Sabat.
The police are making a big list of drug traffickers and want to keep two of the suspects in jail for more questioning.
Three suspects arrested by Odisha Crime Branch Special Task Force for interstate cannabis trafficking between Odisha and Rajasthan.
227.4 kg of ganja seized from a container truck on NH-16 near Pitapali, Khordha district, on April 18.
Rs 3.86 lakh in cash and mobile phones seized during raids.
Suspects identified as Sibaram Biswal, Sibaram Patra, and Kana Mitu alias Manoranjan Sabat.
STF is building a database of interstate drug traffickers and seeking police remand for two suspects.
- Who
- Odisha Crime Branch Special Task Force and three suspects
- What
- Arrest of suspects and seizure of cannabis and cash
- When
- Seizure on April 18; arrests followed shortly thereafter
- Where
- NH-16 near Pitapali, Khordha district, Odisha
- Why
- To dismantle an interstate cannabis trafficking network
- Suspects arrested
- 3
- Cannabis seized
- 227.4 kg
- Cash seized
- Rs 3.86 lakh
- Location of seizure
- NH-16 near Pitapali, Khordha district
- Arresting agency
- Odisha Crime Branch Special Task Force