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Hyderabad Task Force (East) arrested five persons, including two peddlers, and seized 1.3 kg of hashish oil. The accused sold the drug at Rs 500 per five-gram bottle. A case was registered at Afzalgunj police station

The peddlers procured marijuana at low rates from dealers in other States and smuggled it to Hyderabad and sold it at higher rates to consumers in the city, say police

Officials said marijuana worth Rs 5 lakh was seized from Srikanth, a resident of Rampally in Keesara

Stolen material worth Rs 9.5 lakh was recovered from them

The two drug peddlers collected the payment online and delivered the drugs through bike taxis

The Special Operations Teams along with local police busted two drug rackets and seized 6 kg marijuana

The arrested persons are Chandan Majhi and Bijay Takri, both daily wage workers from Malkangiri in Odisha

The police seized 10 kilograms of ganja, Rs. 3,000 in cash and six mobile phones from the drug peddlers.