"ganja"

The substance was reportedly discovered by accident when an ambulance’s tire punctured on the Kothagudem-Vijayawada highway. Local youths, who noticed the flat tire, stepped in to assist the driver in changing it.

Raj Kumar Sarkar, Boshamla Bheemesh, MD Atheeq, Kamre Kartheek, Md Arif Hussain and Shaik Thanveer, were apprehended when they were packing the contraband substance into sachets at Raj Kumar’s house.

In the presence of Superintendent of Police Chennuri Rupesh, the police burnt 950.28 Kg of ganja and 13.99 kg of alprazolam at a pharmaceutical company in the Pashamyalaram industrial area on Friday.

The contraband was being transported in a car towards Karnataka when the officials intercepted the vehicle on NH-65 at Kamkole

Speaking to the media here on Monday DSP Sheikh Abdul Rahaman said that the peddler, Ravulapenta Mohana Krishna of Seshagiri Nagar Colony of Laxmidevipalli mandal was remanded after he was arrested for transporting 6.69 kg cannabis on a two-wheeler recently.

Nirmal DSP Ganga Reddy told pressmen that Syed Ahmed, a banana trader and Abdul Muktar, a social activist were apprehended when they were peddling the contraband substance.

Jadhav Thirupathi was found cultivating 200 cannabis plants in his field in October 2021

Peddlers are selling the substance in sachets weighing 20 grams and priced at Rs 200, targetting college students and minors.

Two others absconding; police officials seize a DCM container and a car from their possession

Bhukya Saraiah alias Sai, Almekar Shyam, and Venkatesh, all from Mancherial town and SK Rizwan, a pan shop operator belonging to Ballarshah of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra were apprehended while moving suspiciously at Mancherial railway station.

Shaik Ahmed from Owaisi Nagar in Bhainsa and Imammiya Syed Dildar Ali of Dharmabad in Nanded district of Maharashtra were apprehended while trying to sell ganja at a hospital in Mudhole.

Bilal was previously arrested in a similar case and sent to jail. However, after coming out of jail, he resumed his illegal activities.

Gang, belonging to Odisha, had been transporting ganja into Telangana through Andhra Pradesh and selling it in Hyderabad

Reena and Gracy, who have been roped in from the district dog squad. The two canines were specially trained to detect narcotic substances.

The substance was being smuggled from Odisha in a car and the worth of the seized ganja was 19.25 lakh.

Government Railway Sub-Inspector Sudhakar said that Ramchandra Swain from Ganjam district in Odisha was apprehended for smuggling the contraband substance from Vijayawada to Gujarat.

The man, a native of Odisha, works as a security guard at a private company in Dundigal and had purchased the contraband from Odisha.

According to police officials, the guard was procuring ganja from some people and selling it to the factory workers

Two junior doctors, K Manikandan and V Aravind, and another 10 medical students were purchasing the ganja from the suspect Suresh and regularly consuming, said DSP TGANB, K Narsing Rao.

The police nabbed the trio and seized the auto and two-wheeler along with the ganja from their possession.