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Hans India
2 days ago
- Hans India
Rachakonda police bust interstate drug racket; seize Hashish oil worth Rs.1.2 cr
Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operation Teams LB Nagar zone along with Abdullapurmet police apprehended two interstate drug peddlers on Wednesday. Police seized 20 kg of Hashish oil worth Rs 1.20 crore. The police arrested Pangi Keshava Rao alias Kesha (40) of Ramaraju Dist. AP and Jairam Khemundu (26) of Koraput district, Odisha and seized 20 kg Hashish, three mobile phones and cash of Rs 870. According to police, both the accused were friends who got involved in drug trafficking to earn easy money. They were found to be procuring Hashish Oil from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, transporting it via Hyderabad to supply buyers in Bengaluru. Hyderabad was being used as a transit route. Rachakonda police commissioner G Sudheer Babu said that the investigation revealed that Krishna of Alluri Sita Ramaraju Dist., AP who is currently absconding, is the main source and a childhood friend of Keshava introduced him to the illicit drug trade, with a promise of huge profits. Jairam later became acquainted with Krishna and joined the illegal activity. The accused Keshava had been previously arrested in a NDPS case by Anakapally Town Police, Andhra Pradesh. The accused persons were purchasing Hashish Oil at a low price and selling it to buyers in Bangalore for huge profits, nearly 10 times the procurement rate. It is learnt that approximately 35 to 40 kg of Ganja is used for making 1 kg of Hashish Oil. 'Two days prior to the arrest, a buyer from Bengaluru placed an order for 20 kg of Hash Oil to the accused. Accordingly, both the accused persons procured the 20 kg of Hashish Oil from Krishna at Hukumpeta, Alluri Sita Ramaraju District of Andhra Pradesh and reached the outskirts of Hyderabad to sell the Hashish Oil to a Bangalore-based party,' said Sudheer Babu.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Time of India
Drug racket busted, ganja worth Rs 2.5 cr seized at Medchal
Hyderabad: The prohibition and excise task force officials busted an interstate ganja peddling racket and arrested two people on the Outer Ring Road at Medchal. The officials seized 410 kg of contraband worth ₹2.5 crore, along with a cargo van and three mobile phones from their possession. The arrested were identified as Ganesh Ramaswamy (27) and Vijay Shankar Kulkarni (53), both residents of Osmanabad in Maharashtra. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad According to excise enforcement director VB Kamalasan Reddy, the state task force teams, along with the Medchal excise team, monitored the suspects' movements for 20 days. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo The accused had devised an elaborate plan to transport the contraband from Odisha via Palasa in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh in a van by concealing ganja packets beneath a load of jackfruit to evade detection during routine law enforcement checks. "The suspects were planning to distribute the drugs in smaller packets across Bidar, Tandoor, Vikarabad, and Hyderabad," Kamalasan Reddy said. Since January 1 this year, excise sleuths registered 1,531 NDPS cases and arrested 2,666 people. They seized 710 vehicles and 8,387 kg of ganja, 32 kg of alprazolam, 16.2 kg of Hashish Oil, 1.1 kg of cannabis oil, 6.3 kg of opium, 673 grams of MDMA, and 75 LSD blots. As part of the special anti-narcotics operation carried out at Dhulpet, 111 NDPS cases were registered, and 456 kg of ganja was seized during the same period.
