Ganja worth Rs 6.4 lakh seized in Warangal

WARANGAL

: Seven ganja

peddlers

were arrested and the dry contraband worth Rs 6.4 lakh was

seized

by Parkal task force cops on Sunday. Cops came across the smugglers during a vehicle check in Parkal town after a trolley driver tried to make a run for it.

The cops chased the trolley and found it had about 70 kilograms of dry

ganja

stashed in packs of 2kg. It was purchased from Sileru in Visakhapatnam and being transported to Warangal, according to Warangal CP Dr Tarun Joshi.

Based on the driver’s confession, cops arrested the mastermind B Bhanuchander of Hanamkonda and associates P Ratnakar, G Suman Reddy, V Veera Reddy, G Heeeru, Chakinala Naresh and M Ramesh Goud of Jayashankar Bhupalapally district. Cops said Bhanuchander had been regularly bringing ganja from Vizag to Parkal town.