Kotapalli forest department seized 20 teak timber logs smuggled by unknown persons on the banks of Pranahita river at Janagama village in Kotapalli mandal on Sunday.
The Suryapet Town Police arrested two persons and seized banned tobacco products worth Rs.11 lakh from them at the integrated vegetable market on Sunday.
A court on Tuesday sentenced Dinakar Sunil from Adilabad district to 10 years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh after convicting him in a cannabis smuggling case booked in 2021.
Apsar was found in the office when cops raided the flat, following a tip. On being interrogated, Apsar confessed to committing the crime to make a fast buck for quite a long time.
The arrested persons are Mohd Khan, Mohd Mobin and Nandith, procured the psychotropic substance from drug dealers at a lower rate and sold it to customers for Rs 3,500 per gram.
City Police Commissioner K.Sreenivasa Reddy in a press conference said in the recent times the city has seen a rise in mobile phone snatching and thefts across the police commissionerate.
Those caught are Anil Goud (32), a fertilizer shop owner, Sharath Babu (30), a toddy shop owner and Sudhakar (42), a realtor. One person Narsimhulu is absconding.
A case has been filed against a few people in Sohna area on the charge of bovine smuggling and animal cruelty following a failed attempt to transport cattle illegally.
However, alert forest officials apprehended the vehicle on Monday night, leading to the seizure of teak wood worth Rs 60,000 and the arrest of two persons
According to the excise department officials, Harikrishna Goud procured non-duty paid liquor from local dealers in Goa and smuggled with the help of his associates into Hyderabad
