Visakhapatnam: Senior cops from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha held an interstate coordination meeting via video conference on Tuesday with a view to checking crime in the border areas through joint efforts. The meeting, led by DIG Gopinath Jatti of the Visakhapatnam range, addressed the challenges from ganja cultivation, illegal transportation of narcotic drugs and other cross-border crimes. In 2023, police registered 553 cases, seized 32,261kg of ganja, arrested 1,764 accused individuals and confiscated 393 vehicles. Financial investigations have scrutinized assets worth over `1 crore belonging to 13 accused individuals, while the Prevention of Detention Act was invoked against 51 individuals. An official release said the two sides agreed to reorient check posts while conducting financial investigations to identify assets of accused individuals and disrupt criminal network funding.