1.5 litre hashish oil seized; 5 arrested in Suryapet

Suryapet: The Kodad police on Sunday arrested five persons at Khammam crossroads in the town and seized 1.5 litre hashish oil (liquid marijuana) from their possession. The arrested were identified as Bodepudi Suresh(27), Natte Anudeep(21), natives of Kodad in Suryapet district, Jemmili John Victor (27), Vanthala Bheema Raju (31) and Vengada Govindu(19), who belong to […]

Suryapet: The Kodad police on Sunday arrested five persons at Khammam crossroads in the town and seized 1.5 litre hashish oil (liquid marijuana) from their possession.

The arrested were identified as Bodepudi Suresh(27), Natte Anudeep(21), natives of Kodad in Suryapet district, Jemmili John Victor (27), Vanthala Bheema Raju (31) and Vengada Govindu(19), who belong to Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.

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Presenting the arrested persons before the media in Suryapet on Sunday, Superintendent of Police S Rajendra Prasad informed that Kodad town police, on the credible information, conducted vehicle checking at Khammam crossroads and found 1.5 litres hashish oil, which was being illegally transported in a four-wheeler. Five persons, who were travelling in the vehicle, have been taken into custody by the police.

The arrested were smuggling hashish oil to Hyderabad after procuring it from a person in Andhra-Odisha Border at the price of Rs 75,000 per litre. They planned to make Rs 7 lakh by selling it to the customers in Hyderabad. Cases were filed against the arrested persons under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

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