Hyderabad, Oct 1 (Maxim News) In a major operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hyderabad unit, seized 1,300 kg of ganja in Vijayawada and arrested three persons.
Acting on a specific intelligence, the DRI team stopped at a good carrier truck at Ramavarappadu Ring Road, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The vehicle was coming from Sukma, in Chhattisgarh, and bound for Salem in Tamil Nadu.
“Search of the intercepted goods carrier truck resulted in the recovery of 1300.27 kg of a substance believed to be ganja, packed in 561 packets recovered from a secret cavity of said vehicle. The recovered ganja, valued at Rs 2.6 crore, along with the truck, has been seized and the two occupants of the vehicle have been arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985, and subsequently remanded to judicial custody,” said the DRI officials.
The mastermind behind this smuggling of ganja was apprehended near Salem in Tamil Nadu and subsequently arrested after he admitted to orchestrating the conspiracy of ganja smuggling, added the officials.
Further investigation is in progress. (Maxim News)
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