India, Feb. 28 -- In a high-impact crackdown stretching across state borders, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 1,251 kg of cannabis (ganja) valued at Rs.6.15 crore, and arrested four operatives, including a key mastermind who had been absconding in an earlier narcotics case.

The twin operations, carried out by the Nagpur regional unit of the DRI's Mumbai zone, struck at the heart of a well-organised drug trafficking network operating along the Odisha-central India corridor.

Acting on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted a pick-up vehicle travelling along National Highway 53 between Sunday and Monday. The vehicle was moving from the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border towards the Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan borde...