KAKINADA: Jeelugumilli police arrested two persons and seized 598 kg of ganja valued at ₹2,98,96,500 exact thru automobile checks at the Andhra–Telangana border checkpost attain Tatiyakula Gudem.
The arrested persons had been is named Dilip Kumar Mohanthy, 56, of Bijipur village in Ganjam district of Odisha and Janardhan Pradhan, 42, of Brahmpur village in Odisha.
Jeelugumilli circle inspector B. Venkateswara Rao mentioned police intercepted a automobile exact thru routine checks and situated 16 plastic baggage containing ganja being transported from Burugupudi attain Rajamahendravaram in East Godavari district to the Beed draw of Maharashtra.
Police also seized the auto customary for transporting the contraband and cellphones. The general fee of the seized property, in conjunction with the ganja, automobile and telephones, change into estimated at ₹3.14 crore.
A case has been registered below Sections 8(c) be taught with 20(b)(ii)(C) and 29(1) of the NDPS Act, 1985.
