Excise sleuths seize brown sugar, MDMA and ganja; nine held

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Hyderabad: Telangana Excise sleuths carried out a series of coordinated operations across the city on Thursday, seizing brown sugar, MDMA and nearly 13kg of ganja. Nine peddlers were arrested.
Acting on a tip-off, the Excise Task Force team led by inspector Praveen Kumar intercepted two men on Khajaguda–Nanakramguda road and seized 66gm of brown sugar worth 2.5 lakh. The accused, Md Noor Akbar and Md Ajit Mohin of Malda from West Bengal, had travelled to the city posing as daily-wage workers to sell the contraband to potential customers. Two mobile phones were also seized from their possession.
In Serilingampally, the State Task Force (STF) team caught G Teja Krishna of Kadapa and an associate while they were in possession of 5.14gm of MDMA.
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Krishna confessed that he procured the contraband from Bengaluru. Meanwhile, in Malkajgiri, the excise team arrested a local peddler, Mahesh Reddy, who had 510gm of ganja in his possession. Another Excise team checked buses arriving from Nagpur at Kompally, Balajinagar, Jawaharnagar, Ghatkesar and seized 1.2kg ganja from the luggage of a passenger, Prabhu Raj, at Ghatkesar.
The biggest haul came from Saroor Nagar, where frisking of Bhukya Srikanth yielded 340gm of ganja. His confession led officers to the houses of Sheikh Abbas and N Mamata, who were also found in possession of ganja. In all, 11.5kg of the contraband worth 6 lakh was seized.
Excise Enforcement director Shahnawaz Qasim commended the teams for the series of busts and warned that intensified checks will continue across the state. All the accused were produced before court and remanded.
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