Berhampur: Excise sleuths led by DSP,Srutikanta Rout has foiled a transport of Ganja and nabbed seven persons,including three from Moharastra,today.On a tip off that three vehicles with ganja parked at Sihala village on the outskrit of Berhampur.Soon the excise team reached Sihala and searched the cars and found around 160 kgs of ganja.Soon the team over powered on seven persons in the car.During interogation, it reveals that the Ganja was being transported from Gajapati district by the three cars to Mumbai via Berhampur.The DSP said,of the seven four of them Sajan nayak(30),Patara nayak(28),Nayan nayak(35)and Tarun nayak(21)are of Gajapati district and rest three Ajay jagan berad(25),Vishal bahusaheb rahinj(32)and Amol muralidhar rahinj(26)are from Moharastra.Market cost of the seized contraband ganja has been estimated at Rs 50 lakhs said the DSP adding that besides the seized ganja,cars,ten mobile phones also seized and all the seven has been forwarded to court.Further investigation is on to nab others involved in the smuggling.
