"ganja"

Excise officials in Malkajgiri arrested three persons, Kishore, Shiva and Akhil, for selling ganja. Kishore allegedly brought 2.2 kilograms of ganja from Maharashtra and, with his associates, was searching for customers when they were nabbed. A case was registered.

Excise task force seized 122 kg of ganja concealed in car chambers and arrested two men in Sangareddy. The contraband was being transported to Maharashtra. A kingpin from Beed is absconding

Kothagudem police seized 424.950 kg of ganja worth Rs.2.12 crore during vehicle checks at Venkatya thanda in Tekulapally mandal. Two accused were arrested, while two others are absconding. The contraband was being smuggled from Odisha to Rajasthan via Bhadrachalam

The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force arrested three men from Andhra Pradesh for allegedly transporting 25 kg of ganja at Bandlaguda. The accused bought the contraband from Rajahmundry and planned to sell it in the city. A car was also seized.

Four persons, including three women, were arrested by Government Railway Police at Secunderabad railway station for smuggling 45 kg of ganja from Odisha. They were planning to board another train when they were caught. Efforts are on to trace others

A car driver from Balapur was caught by the Task Force and local police in Kanchanbagh for drug peddling. He was found with 7.5 kg of marijuana worth Rs 1.9 lakh. Police are searching for the main supplier from Hafeezbaba Nagar

The contraband was seized in connection with 14 cases registered in the district

The accused have been identified as Tuntun Kumar Sharma, 20, and Bindeshwari Sharma, 47, both hailing from Bihar.

A new trend is emerging where rowdy sheeters—typically involved in crimes like robberies, murders, dacoities, extortion, and property offenses—are shifting their focus to the ganja trade. Over the past two months, Hyderabad police have apprehended eight such individuals actively engaged in the illegal weed business.

Two persons involved in ganja smuggling were arrested and two kg ganja was seized from them, informed Karepalli Inspector of Police Tirupati Reddy

A group of persons attacked and killed a watchman when he asked them not to create nuisance at KPHB on Sunday night

The ganja cigarettes are priced somewhere between Rs.50 and Rs.100 per each unit. They are being secretly sold at pan shops and groceries, said police sources.

The police nabbed four persons, seized two cars, phones and others from them. The accused were Rathod Birbal, Rathod Suresh, Rathod Maruthi and Rathod Prakas, all natives of Sangareddy district.

Officials of State task force of Excise department nabbed a habitual ganja peddler from Maharastra and seized 20.6 kgs of ganja from him at Pothireddypally junction in Sangareddy town

Kumram Bheem Asifabad court sentenced Shaik Amaruddin to three months in prison and a Rs 2,000 fine for smuggling ganja in 2020, following a thorough investigation and trial

As a supportive measure, TGANB is also sponsoring the provision of high-precision weighing machines to investigation units across the State, including the Task Force, SOT, H-NEW, Clues Teams, and Railway Police

The arrested are Manoj Madhi (19) and Suresh Kabasi (21), both residents of Malkangiri in Odisha.

Acting on a tip off, the team caught Pardeep Kumar alias Ajay Sharma (27), Sunny (25), and Manish Kumar (29). Two of their associates Sahil and Subash Biswas are absconding.

Excise and Prohibition officials, led by Inspector Madhu Babu, raided Nagulapally Veeranna's field and seized the plants in 2020

The arrested individual, Babhuti Bhushan Palai, also known as Raju, is a native of Odisha who moved to the city a few years ago. Initially, he worked as a food delivery boy before leaving the job to join a construction company as a JCB driver.