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Rachakonda police arrest drug peddlers
Acting on a tip off, the Rachakonda, Special Operations Team caught two persons Vanchurbha Konda Babu (30) and Vanchurbha Balakrishna (20) both natives of Andhra Pradesh.
Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police on Monday arrested two persons for allegedly smuggling hashish oil. The police seized 13.5 kg of hashish oil, mobile phones and Rs 2,000 cash from their possession. Based on a tip-off, the Rachakonda Special Operations Team caught two persons — Vanchurbha Konda Babu (30) and Vanchurbha Balakrishna (20) — natives of Andhra Pradesh.
“Babu and Balakrishna purchased hashish oil from a man in the neighbouring State and came to the city outskirts to hand it over to a man at ORR Peddamberpet. On receiving specific information, the SOT team caught them,” Rachakonda Commissioner of Police G Sudheer Babu said. The duo was previously involved in similar cases. The Rachakonda CP said that around 35 to 40 kg of ganja is used for making 1 kg of hashish oil. “The worth of the hashish oil that was seized is around Rs 1.08 crore as around 560 kg of ganja was used in preparing the liquid drug,” he said.