Three arrested with 51 kg ganja in Abdullapurmet, car seized

The Malkajgiri police arrested three Odisha natives and seized 51 kilograms of ganja along with a car at Abdullapurmet. The accused were allegedly transporting the contraband to Ghatkesar on the instructions of an absconding suspect identified as Sagar.

HYDERABAD: The Malkajgiri police on Thursday arrested three persons who were allegedly transporting ganja and seized 51 kilograms of the contraband from them at Abdullapurmet. A car used for transporting the ganja was seized too.

The arrested are Kamulu Pangi (37), Bibini Hantal (31) and Krishna Hantal (29), all natives of Odisha.

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According to the police, the trio had met one person, Sagar, in a jail in Malkangiri, Odisha and on his instructions brought the ganja to hand over to him at Ghatkesar.

“The trio was caught while they were transporting ganja in a car to hand over to Sagar. The property was seized, and case registered,” said Commissioner of Police, Malkajgiri, B Sumathi.

Efforts are on to nab Sagar, who is absconding.