"dry-ganja"

ASP, Dr. G Vineeth speaking to media persons at Bhadrachalam on Tuesday informed that the value of the seized ganja would be around Rs 40 lakh

The accused were transporting the material at the directions of ganja smugglers Javed and Rasool of Maharashtra and Dharam Singh and Ravi of Sangareddy

The substance was seized during vehicle inspections at the Telangana-AP border check post

The accused were identified as Dhansing Kasavath,  Prasantgh Ramdas Goud and Narayan Singh, all three natives of Maharashtra State

The excise sleuths led by Assistant Superintendent D Gayathri way-laid at the toll plaza following a tip off from the sources on Sunday morning

The seized ganja, estimated to be worth about Rs 1.50 crore in the illegal market, was being transported in a tipper from Visakhapatnam to Warangal

The arrested persons were identified as Nikhil Shenoy (32), Faiz Mevati (20) and Meroz Khan (31), all residents of Secunderabad.

In Kothagudem district, police seized 326 kg of ganja during vehicle inspections at Jaggaram cross road in Aswapuram mandal, informed Inspector of Police Satla Raju

While Haddanur Police were conducting regular checks on Bidar road, the driver of a goods lorry and two other persons jumped out of the vehicle and made a bid to escape from the scene. However, police chased and arrested them.