On a tip off, the Rachakonda Special Operations Team (Malkajgiri) caught Odisha-based Bhuvan Saber and Varun Kumar Patnayak at Keesara Outer Ring Road.
Excise personnel during vehicle inspections found ganja weighing around 108 kg hidden in specially made chambers in doors, behind the front and rear lamps and other parts of a car.
Rachakonda CP DS Chauhan said that the six persons formed into a gang and were purchasing the ganja from Sileru in Andhra Pradesh and were transporting to Maharashtra
The arrested persons were Pabbati Sagar, Angidi Umashankar, Bhukya Sunitha and Raminadla Chintu and five other accused in the case were absconding, Warangal Police Commissioner AV Ranganath said
It is said that the ganja plant was found in the roadside garden developed by the municipality as part of beautification by the side of Prakasam Stadium near the One-Town Police Station
Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing team along with the Bahadurpura police caught seven persons who were allegedly involved in ganja trade and seized 80 kg ganja and an auto trolley from them