NCB Nabs Ganja Peddlers Near Pedda Amberpet Toll Plaza Mar 03, 2021, 10:41 IST
Hyderabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau on Monday, March 1, said it busted a cannabis trafficking network by arresting eight people and seizing 681.8 kg of contraband.
According to the NCB, acting on specific intelligence inputs by NCB Bengaluru, the Hyderabad sub-zonal unit intercepted three cars near Pedda Amberpet Toll Plaza, Rangareddy District in Telangana, and seized the contraband.
The seized ganja in 335 packets was meant to be sold in various parts of the Pune and Osmanabad districts in Maharashtra. A syndicate of eight people used to source cannabis in huge quantities from Visakhapatnam and distribute it in various parts of Pune and Osmanabad in Maharashtra.
Prime accused Nawaz Khan (left) with ganja seized from him
MADURAI: In a combined week-long exercise, Ramanathapuram district police along with Madurai city and district police units busted an international drugs racket, arrested 19 people and seized 420 kg ganja they were about to smuggle. Cash worth Rs 29.5 lakh the accused obtained in exchange for drugs smuggled to Sri Lanka, three boats, two four-wheelers, a two-wheeler, 15 mobile phones, a GPS device, a laser light and two weighing machines were also seized from them.
Prime accused M Nawaz Khan, 55, of Nehru Nagar in Ramanathapuram has been engaged in smuggling to Sri Lanka and supplying to local drug sellers for over 10 years, while his son Wasim Khan, 27, has been in the trade for six years, police said. It is only a small network that was smuggling to Sri Lanka. Cracking such networks is an ongoing process, Ramanathapuram district SP E Karthik told TOI.