Nalgonda: In a joint operation, the Central Crime Website (CCS) and Chunchupalli police seized 408 kg of ganja price Rs 2.05 crore and arrested four persons on the outskirts of Chunchupalli in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district on Thursday.
The arrested had been identified as Suryavamshi Santhosh, 29, of Belagavi in Maharashtra, Mohammed Omar, 29, of Uttar Pradesh, Dhebratha Chakrabarthi, 25, of Kalimera in Odisha and Naratham Rao, 25, of Motu in Odisha.
Addressing a press convention in Kothagudem, superintendent of police B. Rohit Raju said that acting on credible information, police performed automobile tests at Chunchupalli and intercepted a container automobile. For the length of inspection, 408 kg of ganja packed in 16 bags changed into once found hid amid coconut coir being transported in the auto.
The four persons travelling in the container had been taken into custody. For the length of interrogation, they reportedly acknowledged that the contraband changed into once loaded contrivance Chinturu in Andhra Pradesh and changed into once being transported to Maharashtra.
The SP said further investigation changed into once underway to identify others furious by the illegal transport of the contraband.
