Inter-State drug trafficking network busted as 43 litres of hash oil seized

In a major crackdown on inter-State drug trafficking network, five persons have been arrested on Monday at M. Koduru junction in Anakapalli district while smuggling 43 litres of hashish oil worth ₹5.5 crore, the Anakapalli district police said, adding that another person from Kerala is yet to be nabbed.

The accused, identified as K. Rajeev Kumar, 32, of Palakkad district, Kerala; K. Sarat, 26, of Malkangiri district, Odisha; D. Palasi, 28, of Paduva in Odisha; K. Vineesh, 28, of Palakkad district; and K. Kamulu, 19, of Malkangiri district, were caught when they were transporting the consignment from Malkangiri district in Odisha to Palakkad in Kerala through the Paderu ghat road and Anakapalli.