"ganja"

Mancherial: Five persons were arrested for allegedly possessing ganja at an irrigation tank on the outskirts of Mancherial on Monday. A kilogram of ganja and a mobile phone were seized from them. Two more accused were absconding. Mancherial Assistant Commissioner of Police Akhil Mahajan said that the accused Kandugula Sai, Samala Venkatesh, Kanuganti Prashanth and […]

Hyderabad: The Habeebnagar police arrested two persons who were found in possession of 900 grams of ganja and seized the contraband from them, on Sunday.The arrested persons were identified as Arjun Singh (39) of Dhoolpet and K Ramakrishna (21) of Jummerath Bazaar. The main supplier Dinesh Singh of Mangalhat is absconding.Acting on a tip off, […]

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise Department (Charminar station) sleuths arrested three persons for possessing and consuming ganja at Vattepally in Falaknuma on Sunday. The arrested persons are identified as Syed Abdul Mudassir Ali (23), Syed Ghouseuddin (29) and Mohammed Aslam (29). The officials seized 10 grams of ganja, a cigarette and three mobile phones from […]

Hyderabad: The Gachibowli police caught a man on charges of drug peddling at Nanakramguda here on Saturday evening. Police seized 2 kilos of marijuana from him. Gachibowli Inspector Suresh said the suspect Dhanu Singh (40) procured the drug at low rates from dealers and sold it for higher rates to students and youth. Following a […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: In-charge Superintendent of Police Ch Praveen Kumar asked the district police officials to check the menace of gutkha, ganja and illicitly distilled liquor. Addressing the meeting with the district police officers on Friday, Praveen Kumar said the police should act tough against drug peddlers and intensify the vigil. He asked them to […]

Sangareddy: Munipally Police in Sangareddy district have seized 240 kgs of ganja from an SUV that was proceeding to Mumbai from Pendurthi near Vishakapatnam. During a regular check at Kamkole check-post on NH-65 late on Monday night, a team led by Sub-inspector Maheshwar Reddy found the driver of the vehicle was nervous while they were […]

Hyderabad: Two persons from Maharashtra, who were smuggling 300 kilograms of marijuana in a goods vehicle from Visakhapatnam to Ahmed Nagar in Maharashtra, were nabbed by the Hyderabad Task Force and the Malakpet police in the early hours of Saturday. Police said the contraband packed in 10 bags and concealed under empty plastic crates was […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police detained 23 persons under PD Act for their involvement in ganja peddling. “The city police remains committed to punish those who are dealing with the ganja. In a sustained effort in the last few months 23 ganja offenders are sent to jail under PD Act,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner, Anjani Kumar said. […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A tribal farmer was arrested for allegedly growing prohibited ganja as an intercrop in his red gram, cotton and chilly crops raised in his backyard at Errabanda hamlet under Koutagam village in Tiryani mandal on Tuesday. As many as 350 trees found in the field were destroyed. Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao […]

Hyderabad: The frequent crackdowns on ganja peddlers by the City Police and the Prohibition and Excise Department are resulting in huge business losses to drug peddlers in the city, particularly in Dhoolpet. Such is the situation that many peddlers have now increased the price of the marijuana and are selling it at almost double the […]

Nalgonda: Kanagal police on Saturday arrested Chitrhram Ramulu of Boinpally village and seized one kg of ganja from his possession. On a tip off, police took up vehicle check up on the outskirts of Kanagal and caught him red handed while illegally transporting ganja to Hyderabad on his motorcycle. He was believed to have purchased […]

Adilabad: Two persons were booked on the charges of growing prohibited ganja or cannabis in a farm at Arli village in Bheempur mandal on Sunday. About 250 plants were recovered from the farm and were destroyed. The value of these plants was estimated to be Rs 60,000. Special Branch Assistant Sub-Inspector R Ganapathi said that […]

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lanka Dinakaram slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and said that a rice-producing State is now producing ‘drugs and ganja’. BJP leader stated that generally Andhra Pradesh is called “Annapurna” for producing rice on large scale but now it has become “Sampurna Drugs and Ganja Pradesh” “Everyone […]

Sangareddy: Excise and Enforcement officials HA Mohan Kumar and S Ramesh Reddy on Wednesday raided the agriculture field of a farmer at Huligera village of Raikode Mandal and identified 4,500 ganja plants grown as inter crop in the four-acre cotton field. The cost of the ganja plants was estimated at Rs one crore. The cotton […]

Suryapet: Sleuths of Central Crime Station (CCS) on Tuesday arrested two persons and seized 120 kg of ganja worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession. The arrested were identified as Jadav Ashok (30), native of GP thanda of Mamada mandal in Nirmal district and Boddeda Mallikarjun Rao (41), native of Anakapally in Visakhapatnam district of […]

Nalgonda: Police arrested five persons and seized 120 kgs of ganja from their possession during vehicle check at Kattangur on National Highway 65 on Monday. Sumithra Sarkar, Sujith Biswal and Amal Poddar, natives of Odisha, who were travelling by bus, were arrested in the first case while they were trying to smuggle 20 kgs of […]

Warangal: The Task Force police along with the Wardhannapeta, Nallabelli and Khanapur police arrested 11 persons involved in the smuggling of ganja in three separate incidents under Warangal Police Commissionerate and seized 318 kg of cannabis worth about Rs 32 lakh besides two cars, three auto-rickshaws and 11 cellphones on Wednesday. While Wardhannapet police arrested […]

Kothagudem: Six persons, including a woman, were arrested and 70 kilograms of ganja was seized at Bhadrachalam in the district on Friday. Inspector of Police T Swamy informed that SI, S Madhu Prasad and staff conducted vehicle inspections at the local forest check post and found the presence of illicit marijuana in two auto rickshaws […]

Kothagudem: Police seized ganja worth Rs 13.50 lakh and arrested four persons, including a woman, in Aswapuram mandal in the district on Friday. Manugur ASP, Dr. Shabarish P, in a statement informed that the seized ganja was found in a car during vehicle inspections by ASI, K Nageswara Rao and staff at Mondikunta and the […]

The vehicles were intercepted near Vetakuru of Maredumilli mandal in East Godavari district