Bhubaneswar, May 3 -- Malkangiri: In a major crackdown on narcotics, police in Odisha's Malkangiri district busted a suspected hashish oil or cannabis oil production and transport network on Sunday, seizing a vehicle allegedly being used as a mobile drug manufacturing unit.

The operation was carried out near SR Chowk under Chitrakonda police limits, where the vehicle was intercepted while reportedly heading towards the Sileru region. The raid was closely monitored by senior officer Vinod Kumar Das, who supervised the operation on the ground.

According to police sources, the vehicle was being used to produce highly potent hashish oil (cannabis oil) on the move. During the raid, authorities recovered nearly 800 litres of chemical substanc...