Hyderabad, Sep 30 (PTI) An interstate drug peddling racket involved in transporting ganja from Malkangiri district of Odisha to Rajasthan via Hyderabad was busted here on Tuesday, police said.

Contraband weighing 1,210 kg worth Rs 6.25 crore was seized, and one person was taken into custody in this connection, it said.

Acting on credible information, police teams intercepted a truck on National Highway 65, near Kothaguda X Road, Abdullahpurmet, and apprehended the vehicle's driver, Rachakonda Police Commissioner G Sudheer Babu said in a release.

The accused, a resident of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan, had collected approximately 1,210 kg of ganja from unidentified sources in Malkangiri.

He concealed the contraband under cement bags and covered the load with a tarpaulin to avoid detect

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