"ganja"

The arrested were identified as Siba Sankar Sahu, Madhakami Doola alias Venkat and Sarkaar Swapna of Odisha State

An AFP team in the nearby city of Mingecevir, an hour's drive north of Ganja, heard the impact of a huge blast that shook buildings there at around the same time.

"The truck was laden with coconuts and the large quantity ganja seized was concealed beneath it," said NCB in a statement.

One witness said they were woken by a huge blast that levelled an entire square block of one- and two-floor houses in the early hours of the morning, leaving nine apartments destroyed.

The suspects, Mohd Ramzan and Shashikant Gowtham Rao, were caught on the Outer Ring Road while they were transporting the substance from the agency area of Koraput

Acting on a tip off, the team arrested K Manoj Singh (42), K Mahesh Daniel Reddy (24), K Srujan Kumar (23), and Venkata Sai Shanshank (22)

Azerbaijan claims to have made gains in Karabakh in recent days, with its defence ministry saying that 14 settlements have been taken as well as a strategically important plateau.