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The students had told the police and excise officials that a smuggler had given them the consignment to send to another trader. However, the actions taken so far do not seem to have a sufficient deterrent effect in the southern parts of the state,” Dhal told TOI. BHUBANESWAR: The state excise department has alerted its field staff and all district collectors about a disturbing intelligence input that ganja smugglers are engaging school and college students as courier agents or peddlers to escape the law. Department sources said two college students were detained in Kandhamal district nearly six months ago while carrying ganja in bus. They are using students as courier agents,” read the letter.The letter also stated that the cannabis cultivation and trading reached an alarming level in Odisha..