Ganja seized from Ambulance- two arrested

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Ganja seized from Ambulance- two arrested

November 01

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By Akshya Rout

Jajpur ,Nov 1 : Police seized 90 kilograms of ganja packed in three sacks from an ambulance on the highway no- 16 under Badachana police station in Jajpur district on Wednesday. Two persons including the driver of the vehicle were arrested in this connection. The contraband was being transported from Manguli to Kolkata, said the IIC of Badachana police station, Sarat Patra.

Acting on a tip-off from , we intercepted the ambulance on the NH-16 at Badachana on Wednesday morning and seized ganja in the ambulance following a search operation. We seized the ambulance. Both the accused were trying to flee from the vehicle. We nabbed them after chasing them . Both the accused were identified as Sanju Patra (27 ) of Medinipur, West Bengal and Jogeswar Kahalia (26) of Bangriposi in Mayurbhanj district, added police officer.