Bhubaneswar, Nov. 23 -- Nabarangpur/Raipur: A tractor transporting paddy from Nabarangpur district in Odisha to Chhattisgarh was seized by a team of police of the neighbouring state on Monday.

As per reports, the tractor carrying 25 packets of paddy from Malapada village in Koilimunda panchayat under Chandahandi block was en route to a mandi in Chhattisgarh when the police intercepted it near Amlipadar under Deobhog Tehsil of Chhattisgarh. Following the seizure of the paddy, the police handed over the tractor to the ADM of Deobhog.

Notably, as the paddy procurement season began in Chhattisgarh, the government has set up 12 check posts on several roads along the Odisha border to curb unauthorised sales of paddy procured from Odisha in th...