Woman, son among 10 ganja smugglers arrested in Kothagudem

A statement from Excise Enforcement director VB Kamalasan Reddy here on Tuesday said the substance was seized under Bhadrachalam excise police station limits.

Kothagudem: Excise police seized 319 kg ganja and arrested 10 smugglers, including a woman and her son in different cases in the district.

A statement from Excise Enforcement director VB Kamalasan Reddy here on Tuesday said the substance was seized under Bhadrachalam excise police station limits. In a case related to smuggling of 100 kg ganja from the Odisha border, a woman Neralla Aparna and her son N Akhil of Kothapalli in Peddapalli district were caught. Aparna’s husband Sadaiah was in jail after being arrested in a ganja case.

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Notorious ganja smugglers, Munawar Ali of Nizamabad and Dattu Panchal of Begum Bazaar in Hyderabad were arrested, besides Shakti Rahul and Gopishetty Akshith of Bala Nagar in Hyderabad; Ganesh and Shekar Chowdary of Malkangiri, Odisha; B Mahesh of Guntur and Ch Dinesh of Bapatla, AP.

The worth of seized ganja was Rs 79.75 lakh. Two cars and a couple of two-wheelers worth Rs 21 lakh were also seized, the statement added.