Bhubaneswar, March 21 -- Odisha Police achieved a success on Saturday by seizing or destroying an estimated Rs 2,700 crore worth of illegal cannabis (ganja) across five Naxal-affected districts (Boudh, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Koraput, and Gajapati) in operations conducted between January 2025 and February 2026.

The Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha, Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, speaking to reporters, said, "Between January and February of 2025 and 2026, a span of just fourteen months, cannabis worth Rs 2,700 crore has either been destroyed or seized. This represents a major success for the Odisha Police, and in the coming days, our efforts will continue."

He also stated that the police have been actively working to combat illegal ca...