Warangal commissionerate police arrested an inter-State ganja smuggler in Hanamkonda and seized 251 kg of ganja worth around Rs 1.25 crore. Police said the accused supplied ganja to buyers across Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Kothagudem police invoked the Preventive Detention Act against ganja smuggler D Sivashankar Reddy, involved in multiple cases and continued smuggling after release. SP Rohith Raju highlighted youth drug addiction and the district’s ‘Chaitanyam’ awareness programme to curb the ganja menace
The arrested individuals are Syed Sayeed Hussain alias Lamba (39), Ameer Khan (31), Farooq Khan (27), Mohd Ghouse (40), and Mohd Azam Khan (27), all residents of Nawab Sahab Kunta. The gang was apprehended by a special team from the Hyderabad Detective Department after receiving a tip-off from informants.
The Gummadidala police also seized 930 grams of dry ganja from his possession. According to a police, the accused person Bupendar Sharma (24) of Bihar, had migrated to Sangareddy some six years ago in search of livelihood.
The arrested man Raju Jat (35), a resident Madhya Pradesh was into ganja smuggling for the last five years. He purchased ganja from his known contact, Subhash in Odhisa and regularly supplied it to customers including Purushotham of Chandrapur, Maharashtra
The driver Mohammed Sharif of Zahirabad was hired by a ganja smuggler Yusuf Sahid Khan of Mumbai to transport ganja from Odisha to Humnabad in Karnataka.
Atmakuru Inspector Ravi Raju handed over the PD Act order to Swamy, a native of Pandukunta village in Mulugu district, at the Cherlapally Prison where he is currently lodged after being addressed for selling ganja in Maharashtra and Hyderabad.
Adilabad: A notorious ganja smuggler was arrested for allegedly murdering a degree student a few days back. He was produced before pressmen here on Tuesday. A knife used for committing the crime was recovered from him. Adilabad DSP V Umender said that the accused person was Thorat Preetham from Ambedkar nagar in the district headquarters. […]
