Archive · 31 Jul 2026
Odisha Seizes 497 kg Cannabis in Inter-State Smuggling Bust
The Odisha police caught a big drug deal.
They stopped a truck near Pitapalli and found 497 kilograms of cannabis, worth about 2.5 crore rupees.
The driver, Prem Chandra from Uttar Pradesh, was taken into custody.
The drugs came from Gajapati district in Odisha and were being sent to Delhi.
Police are now looking for the rest of the people who helped move the drugs.
Odisha Crime Branch STF seized 497 kg of cannabis near Pitapalli, Khurda district.
The drugs were worth approximately Rs 2.5 crore and were hidden under rice bags.
Driver Prem Chandra of Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, was detained.
Cannabis was sourced from Gajapati district, loaded at Berhampur, and headed to Delhi.
A case under the NDPS Act has been filed and investigators are tracing the trafficking network.
- Who
- Odisha Crime Branch Special Task Force and driver Prem Chandra
- What
- Seizure of 497 kg of high‑grade cannabis worth Rs 2.5 crore
- When
- Friday (date not specified)
- Where
- Pitapalli, Khurda district, Odisha
- Why
- To disrupt an interstate drug trafficking network
- Seized quantity
- 497 kg
- Estimated value
- Rs 2.5 crore
- Location of seizure
- Pitapalli, Khurda district, Odisha
- Suspect
- Prem Chandra, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
- Source of cannabis
- Gajapati district, Odisha