2,200 kg ganja seized during vehicle checking drive
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Contraband value over ₹ 3.31 crore was being transported from Kothagudem to Hyderabad
In one of many single largest seizures of ganja within the district in current instances, the Chunchupalli police on Tuesday seized 22 quintals (2,200 kg) of ganja from a van during a vehicle checking drive at Brundavanam village in Chunchupalli mandal on Tuesday.
The worth of the seized contraband is estimated to be value over ₹ 3.31 crore, police stated. A police workforce discovered the large amount of ganja packed in polythene baggage, hid underneath empty vegetable trays within the van, upon looking out the vehicle during a shock verify at Brundavanam village close to Kothagudem.
The police arrested the van driver recognized as Shaik Mahaboob, of Toli Chowki, Hyderabad, and seized the contraband in addition to the van. Police stated the ganja was being transported from Chintoor, the Agency mandal in Andhra Pradesh, to Hyderabad.
The Chunchupalli police registered a case in opposition to the van driver underneath Sections 8 (C), r/w 20 (b) of NDPS Act, 1985, and launched an in depth investigation to establish and nab the masterminds behind the inter-State ganja smuggling.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt appreciated the swift motion of Chunchupalli police in foiling the ganja smuggling bid.
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