Hyderabad, July 3 (Maxim News): The Hyderabad Police’s Commissioner’s Task Force, Charminar Zone, in coordination with Abids Police, busted an interstate ganja smuggling racket and arrested four accused, including a juvenile, for allegedly transporting 23 kilograms of dry ganja from Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra through Hyderabad.
The police seized the contraband, two mobile phones, and Rs. 7,000 in cash, with the total value of the seized property estimated at around Rs. 12 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Amit Achutrao Kale, 33, a private employee from Parbhani in Maharashtra; his wife Seema Nitin Potbhare, 33; Arthi Maruthi Khandare, 27, a daily wage labourer; and one juvenile in conflict with law. All are residents of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.
According to police, the arrests were made near Haj House at Nampally on July 2 after the Task Force received specific intelligence about the movement of narcotics. Acting swiftly, the team intercepted the suspects before they could board a private bus to Maharashtra.
During interrogation, the accused reportedly confessed that they had been transporting ganja from the agency areas of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to Maharashtra for the past six months on a commission basis.
Police said the network supplied narcotics to regular customers in Maharashtra and earned substantial illegal profits.
Investigators revealed that the accused recently travelled to the Araku agency area in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, where they allegedly purchased 23 kg of dry ganja from a supplier identified as Govind for Rs. 6,000 per kilogram.
The consignment was intended for customers identified as Aftab Afzal Khan of Parli and Meera Bhai and Amrapali of Parbhani in Maharashtra.
The accused boarded a train from Visakhapatnam Railway Station on July 1 and reached Secunderabad the following morning. They later travelled by auto-rickshaw to Haj House in Nampally, where they were waiting to continue their journey by private bus when the police apprehended them.
Police have registered a case under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Efforts are underway to trace and arrest the absconding supplier and the intended receivers of the contraband.
The operation was carried out under the supervision of Inspector S. Saidababu of the Charminar Zone Task Force, along with Sub Inspectors M. Madhu, K. Rama Rao, M. Mahesh, and the staff of Abids Police Station. (Maxim News)
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