Peddler crashes car into median near Hyderabad, lands in police net with 16 kg ganja
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Hyderabad: A ganja peddler was caught after he crashed his car into a road divider at Bata Singaram on the National Highway (NH) 65 on Friday night. The Abdullapurmet police reached the accident spot and discovered that the vehicle was loaded with ganja and seized 16 kg of the contraband.
According to the Abdullapurmet police, the incident occurred at 9:22pm near the Nirmala Service Station at Bata Singaram. A white Swift Dzire car travelling from Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra via Hyderabad crashed into the central median, prompting motorists to alert the Abdulapurmet patrolling team.
When the patrol team reached the spot, they found driver Bhukya Madhu, 33, a resident of Kalvagattu, Khammam town, trying to escape from the scene on foot.
They took him into custody. "While checking the damaged vehicle, our team noticed a strong odour of ganja emanating from the vehicle. We summoned two mediators and seized two plastic bags containing 16.4 kg of ganja in their presence. The cell phone of the accused and the car were also seized," Abdullapurmet inspector V Ashok Reddy said.
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During preliminary questioning, Madhu confessed that he was transporting the contraband from Rajahmundry to Nagpur, on the instructions of a friend, Sadib from Khanapuram in Khammam.
Investigators said the accused collected 50,000 from Sadib on Aug 13 and handed over 45,000 to an unidentified supplier at Gokavaram near Rajahmundry in exchange for the ganja.
Madhu set out for Nagpur on Aug 14 and rested for the night at his native place, Garla in Mahabubabad district. He resumed the journey on Aug 15 and, in the night, met with an accident at Bata Singaram, leading to his arrest in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case. The accused was produced before a local court on Saturday and remanded in judicial custody. Police teams were trying to locate and arrest Sadib and the supplier who delivered the consignment.
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