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Dating

The page is stamped 3 November 2026 and does not give the day of the chase. The item uses 3 November.

Quantities

The article gives the ganja as "1.5 quintals", which is 150 kg, and the cash only as "lakhs of rupees". The item states the quintals as the article does and records no cash figure.

Place

The headline says Baripada and the body says "near Laxmiposi in Mayurbhanj district". The item records the district. The article says Bhanjpur police made the seizure.

Map pin

Wikidata has no item for Laxmiposi as a village; the item it returns for the name is a sub post office. The pin is the seat of Mayurbhanj district, Baripada (Q712356, in Q1914546), rounded to two decimals, as an administrative seat. Nothing is reported to have happened there.

Attribution

The article says officials confirmed that one suspect "hails from neighbouring West Bengal", and the outlet reads this as pointing to "a potential inter-state drug trafficking connection". The item carries the residence only as the officials' statement and states no route.