Hyderabad: The Telangana anti-narcotics wing–EAGLE–on Wednesday said it in a joint operation with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Ranchi Division, intercepted a lorry transporting ganja in Jharkhand and seized 500 kg of ganja.

Acting on specific input that a lorry would be transporting a substantial consignment of ganja on the intervening night of October 20-21, the Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) team from Telangana’s Khammam rushed to Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) region, an official release said.

The suspect vehicle was confirmed to have departed from Malkangiri district, Odisha on October 20 night, enroute to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, it said.

Though initially expected to transit through Telangana, the suspects diverted the vehicle avoiding heavily monitored r

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