New Delhi, May 29 -- The Delhi Police arrested a person for running an inter-State drug syndicate after an intensive manhunt in the dense and Naxal-affected forests of Gochhapada, in the Kandhamal district of Odisha on Wednesday, police said.
The Western Range-I (WR-I) of the Crime Branch, Delhi Police, has led the operation and dismantled a major interstate drug syndicate by arresting the prime supplier of contraband ganja from the remote, forested hills of Odisha.
The accused, identified as Bhagirathi Padhan (27), a resident of Kandhamal district in Odisha, is believed to be the key supplier for the syndicate that was earlier busted in March with the seizure of 120 kg of marijuana, he said.
"Padhan ran a well-established supply chain o...