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Hyderabad: In a bizarre incident, a mother tied up her 15-year-old son to a pole and rubbed mirchi powder in his eyes because he reportedly was addicted to smoking ganja. The incident took place at Kodad in the Suryapet district. The boy was reportedly addicted to smoking ganja and used to pester his mother for […]
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Karimnagar: District prohibition and excise department officials have launched an innovative campaign to educate the people especially illiterates against the consumption of ganja and drugs. Since the state government was making serious efforts to eradicate menace of ganja and drugs from the state and declare Telangana as a drug free state, district excise officials have […]
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Kothagudem: Khammam excise enforcement team has seized dry ganja worth Rs 1 crore and arrested one person at Bhadrachalam in the district on Saturday. Excise Inspector of Police (CI) Surveshwar speaking to the media at Bhadrachalam informed that vehicle inspection was conducted at different places in Bhadrachalam town to check ganja smuggling. A mini carriage […]
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Hyderabad: In a major haul, the Rachakonda police seized 410 kgs of ganja from three persons while it was being transported to Mumbai in cars. The police also seized a Toyota Innova and Mahindra Verito cars and three mobile phones from the arrested persons. The arrested persons are identified as Gudianaram Venkat Narayana (28), Dabbadi […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW) along with the Mangalhat police arrested two persons and seized 1.2 kilograms of ganja from them. The arrested persons were Mohd Azhar (35) of Chandrayangutta and Panwale Vikram Singh (38) of Jummerath Bazaar. “The two were buying ganja from a contact in Visakhapatnam and after bringing to the […]
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Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise department has brought to the notice of the State government requesting to discontinue all the welfare schemes including Rythu Bandhu scheme to farmers who are facing cases for cultivating marijuana. The excise department has finalized the list of farmers after collecting relevant information from all the excise stations across the […]
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Hyderabad: With law enforcement agencies continuing the crackdown against those involved in ganja trade, prices of the contraband are reportedly soaring. A kilogram of good variety of ganja cultivated in the Vizag agency and Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) is priced anywhere around Rs.40,000 to Rs.60,000 a kilogram. Around six months ago, officials say, a kilogram […]
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Kothagudem: Police seized ganja worth Rs 44 lakh and arrested two persons at Chinna Nallabelli village of Dummugudem mandal in the district on Tuesday. Bhadrachalam ASP, B Rohith Raj in a statement informed that the local Inspector of Police M Ravi Kumar and staff along with CRPF personnel while conducting vehicle inspections at the village […]
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Hyderabad: Four persons, who were found selling ganja and weed oil, were nabbed by the sleuths of Excise and Prohibition station Uppal on Sunday. The arrested four persons were identified as Dinesh, Aditya, Siraj and Chandrasekhar. “The four people were procuring the ganja and weed oil from various sources and selling it to the college […]
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Visakhapatnam: In what is believed to be the biggest operation of its kind, Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday destroyed more than two lakh kilograms of ganja (cannabis) valued at Rs 500 crore. The dried ganja was set afire at an event organised on a massive scale by the police in Visakhapatnam district. Director General of […]
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Over two lakh kilos of ganja was seized in the last two years at various police stations limits in North Andhra districts including Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, and East Godavari.
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Kothagudem: Police seized ganja worth Rs 4 lakh and arrested six persons at Bhadrachalam in the district on Thursday. Bhadrachalam ASP, B Rohit Raj informed that the town SI Madhu while inspecting vehicles with his staff under the supervision of CI, T Swamy near forest check post found four men moving suspiciously in an auto […]
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Nalgonda: The police were surprised after seeing a tattoo of a ganja leaf on the hand of ganja peddler Deepu Sankar, who was arrested on Tuesday. The 31-year-aged Deepu Sankar of West Delhi was arrested by the police while transporting ganja in an RTC bus. A tattoo of a ganja leaf on his hand surprised […]
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Nalgonda: The police were surprised after seeing tattoo of a ganja leaf on the hand of ganja peddler Deepu Sankar, who was arrested on Tuesday. The 31-year-aged Deepu Sankar of West Delhi was arrested by the police while transporting ganja in an RTC bus. A tattoo of ganja leaf on his hand surprised the police […]
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Nalgonda: In a joint operation, Task Force police and Chityal police on Tuesday arrested seven persons at a dhaba hotel at Gundrampally in Chityal mandal and seized 460 kg of ganja and Rs 4 lakh cash from their possession. The arrested were identified as Pabbala Surya Prakash(25), native of Yacharam in Ranga Reddy district, Banothu […]
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Hyderabad: With an aim of bringing in more awareness against drug abuse and to dissuade people from using ganja and other drugs, the police are now organising roadside awareness programmes in the city. The initiative was started following directions of senior police officials to reach out to the public and spread awareness about the ill-effects […]
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Yadadri-Bhongir: Choutuppal police arrested two persons and seized 100 kg of ganja worth Rs 12 lakhs and 10 kg of hashish oil worth Rs 30 lakhs from their possession. Five more persons, who have links with the illegal ganja transportation, are absconding. The arrested were identified as Mohammed Ansar (19), a resident of Kayyar village […]
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Hyderabad: A drug peddler was caught by the Humayunnagar police and 1.1 kilo gram of ganja was seized from him. The man, Vivek Singh (21) of Dilawargunj in Mangalhat, was allegedly carrying the ganja in a polythene cover when the police team caught him at Mallepally road. “Vivek purchased the ganja from one Sheetal Singh, […]
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Hyderabad: The Mangalhat police arrested one person and seized 2.4 kilograms of ganja from him on Thursday. The man, Satish Pal Singh (42), a resident of Mangalhat, along with his associate Sunny Pal Singh, who is absconding, sourced the ganja from some persons and were attempting to sell when they were caught, Mangalhat Inspector N […]
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Hyderabad: With the listed drug traffickers behind bars following the police crackdown on drug cartels in the city, the small-time peddlers, who went unnoticed till now, are trying to fill in the vacuum in the illegal business. If the recent arrest by the Police and, Prohibition and Excise officials, is analysed several first-timers were caught […]
