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Drug racket busted, four held in Hyderabad

By Telangana Today

Published: Published Date - 07:03 PM, Mon - 14 March 22

Hyderabad: The Malkajgiri Police Special Operations Team along with the Bhongir police busted a drug peddling racket and arrested four persons on Monday. The police seized 120 kg of marijuana, two litres of hashish oil and a car, altogether worth Rs.35 lakh from the gang, which was smuggling the drug from Araku Agency area to Hyderabad.

The arrested persons were Sriram Narasimha Chary (36) from Chintal in Jeedimetla, Gujjari (26) from Shapur Nagar, V.Ganesh Chary (26) from Medak district and Ch.Arun (25) from Chintal in Jeedimetla. The absconding suspects were Venkat, Kumar.

According to the police, Sriram Narasimha Chary was buying the stuff from Venkat, a dealer in Araku. On Sunday, they loaded marijuana and hashish oil from Venkat and started in a car from Araku to Hyderabad.

Following a tip-off, the Malkajgiri SOT intercepted the car at Nalgonda flyover in Bhongir Town and nabbed them.

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