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Odisha: 72 kgs cannabis seized, seven ganja smugglers arrestedBhubaneswaroi-PTIBy PTIKoraput (Odisha), June 05: Seven persons, belonging to Uttar Pradesh, were arrested for allegedly smuggling ganja during three separate raids conducted by the police in Koraput district, a police officer said on Wednesday. We have seized 170 quintals of ganja from their possession, the SDPO said. The arrested persons have been identified as Birendra Yadav, Ganesh Singh, Sunil Kumar Keshari, Manoj Kumar Sisodia, Akbar Khan, Santosh Yadav and Santosh Singh, the police said. With this, police have arrested at least 81 ganja smugglers and seized nearly 7,000 kgs of ganja in the district since January, they said. We have adopted zero tolerance towards ganja smuggling as it is directly linked to increasing crime in the district, said SP (Koraput) Kanwar Vishal Singh..