Phulbani: Delhi Police has arrested a 28-year-old man from Kandhamal district for allegedly supplying drugs to an interstate narcotics network, officials said Sunday.
The accused, identified as Aakash Kumar Digal of Kandhamal, was tracked across forested areas and multiple locations in the state before being taken into custody.
He was brought to New Delhi March 28 and formally arrested in connection with a case registered at Kalyanpuri police station.
Police said the arrest followed the investigation of an earlier case in which two alleged drug suppliers, Akbar and Firoz Khan from Ghaziabad, were arrested March 12.
Officers seized more than 21.7 kilograms of cannabis and 46 grams of smack from them.
During interrogation, Khan allegedly told police that the contraband had been sourced from Digal.
Based on this information, police launched a search operation and later apprehended him from Kandhamal district.
Further investigation is underway, police said.