"ganja"

The bike riding smugglers carrying a bag hit a constable Ramachari with the bike when he tried to stop them and fled. The constable broke one of his legs and was shifted Hyderabad for better treatment after first aid locally.

The arrested are Bala Hantal alias Raju of Odhisa, Srinivasulu of Kukatpally and Abhishek of Kukatpally and a native of Andhra Pradesh.

The arrested Ahmed Gulab Shaik (56), a resident of Pune in Maharashtra at the instance of Vaibhav and Deva, who are natives of Pune went to Vizag in Andhra Pradesh and purchased the weed from Bujji Babu

Providing details of the arrest, Ramagundam Commissioner of Police M. Srinivasulu informed the media that Iruguralla Sathish, a juvenile, along with Mohammad Sameer, Bheema Anudeep, Mohammad Abdul, Jadi Raghavendra Swamy, Guduru Ramu, Shaik Athar, and Shaik Sameer— all from different parts of the town— as well as Arjun Babu Rao and Mohammad Azeej from Karimnagar, were apprehended following a tip-off.

The arrested Jagadish Reddy, a native of Prakasham district, Akbar Hussain of Cuddapah and Ajay Kumar, of Kurnool district stay at Chilkurnagar in Uppal

Based on a tip-off, the State Task Force team caught the two persons near the station while they were on their way to deliver the contraband to some persons

The arrested T Shankar and C Anil, both drivers along with Praveen Varma, who is absconding, had purchased the ganja from Aruku valley in Andhra Pradesh and smuggled to the city. On information the STF team caught them at Bowenpally

Police said the arrested Jadhav Shivaram has been active in drug peddling business since 2015

A total of 35,000 kg of marijuana, 39 kg of hashish oil, and other drugs were destroyed under the supervision of the drug disposal committee

In separate incidents the GRP and RPF teams arrest three persons involved in drug smuggling, at Secunderabad railway station

According to the police, the two women, who are close friends and addicted to consuming alcohol and smoking, came into contact with Raju on Instagram

In first case, the officials caught two persons, including a girl from Madhya Pradesh, who were staying in a lodge at Kondapur

The arrested was identified as Shaik; during the checking, the GRP police found the ganja stuffed in the bag

The arrested persons Akash Singh, Durgesh Singh, Anand Singh, Shankar Singh, Hulsingh and Lokesh Kumar were regularly bringing the ganja from five persons who are natives of Odisha. A case is registered against the five suppliers as well, said officials.

According to police officials, the arrested were identified as Arun Kumar and Dipak Kumar, both rag pickers from Banda district of Uttar Pradesh

Based on a tip off, the SOT raided the shop located at Ring Basthi, Jagathgirigutta and seized 13 kg ganja-laced chocolates

Sharmila said Takada Indal, Kasavath Sajanlal, Gothi Ravinder, Kachakand Santosh, Bamane Narender, Peliya Prathap Singh, all from Mangalsingh Thanda in Kaddampeddur mandal were apprehended for secretly cultivating cannabis in their farms when she along with her staffers conducted raids on the fields following a tip-off.

Seven persons, who bought ganja from accused, identified and taken into custody

The SP wanted officials to identify the places with more accidents (black spots) and coordinate with the relevant authorities to prevent them.

The contraband was seized in connection with 64 cases registered in various police stations of Peddapalli and Mancherial districts since 2021.