KORAPUT: Excise officers arrested a police constable on charges of smuggling ganja and seized eight quintals of the banned drug worth Rs 40 lakh and a SUV used in transporting it from him in Malkangiri district on Thursday.
The constable is identified as Sanjeev Kumar Heera, said Ashok Kumar Seth, excise superintendent, Malkangiri. He said they were tipped-off about the consignment and intercepted the four-wheeler near Korkunda on Wednesday night. “The ganja was loaded at Khadikajodi village and three teams were formed to intercept the vehicle as there are three possible routes from the village,” said Seth. During interrogation, the constable has identified three persons, including a government employee, involved in the ganja smuggling racket, he added.