India, Aug. 1 -- Berhampur: In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, police claimed to have busted a racket using women to smuggle ganja in Odisha's Ganjam district and arrested six individuals in this connection on Thursday night. The accused, which include five women and a man, were nabbed from a passenger bus near College Chhak within Kotinada police limits while transporting the contraband. Around 63 kg ganja has been seized from their possession.

As per reports, Kotinada police received a tip-off on a drug-peddling nexus using women as 'safe carriers' to evade scrutiny by security personnel. After tracking the gang, cops nabbed them from a passenger bus heading from Aska to Kodala in the evening. Official sources informed that all ...