11-member gang arrested for ganja peddling in Anantapur
2 months ago

11-member gang arrested for ganja peddling in Anantapur

The Hindu  

Anantapur police on Thursday arrested an 11-member gang allegedly involved in ganja peddling in Anantapur town and other parts of the district. The Additional SP said that the main accused Dileep Banka hailed from Koraput district in Odisha and was buying the ganja grown in the neighbouring State at a cheaper rate and selling it in Anantapur. Apart from Dileep Banka, the police arrested S. Vinay Kumar alias Talakaya alias Vinni, Syed Jabbar alias Dubbi, M Ramesh alias Rummy, C. Bhaskar, P. Jayaram, Suresh Babu, Ahmed Farhan, A. Mahendra alias Mahi, Ch. The Additional SP said that Tatrakallu Nethaki of Vajrakaruru mandal in Anantapur district, who was arrested recently, played a key role in the peddling racket and had close links with the arrested gang members.

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Anakapalli police seize ganja worth ₹25 lakh in two cases
5 months, 1 week ago

Anakapalli police seize ganja worth ₹25 lakh in two cases

The Hindu  

The district police on Friday arrested five persons allegedly involved in two separate ganja smuggling cases and seized 246 kgs of ganja worth ₹13 lakh from them. Addressing a press conference, Superintendent of Police, M. Deepika said that in one of the cases, the four accused, S. Srinu, V. Iswara Rao, K. Kondababu and P. Dilip Kumar, all from ASR …

Andhra Pradesh: 17 Smugglers, Including 2 Juveniles, Held With Ganja
5 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh: 17 Smugglers, Including 2 Juveniles, Held With Ganja

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:In a joint operation, Anti-Narcotics Cell, along with law and order police of NTR district, arrested 17 ganja peddlers, including two juveniles. The arrested have been identified as Mallepolu Siva Naga Mahesh, Dhuli Venkatesh, Jajjanam Naresh alias Mechanic Naresh, D. Venkamraju alias Nani, Seelam Charan, Vanam Aravind alias Aarvi, Syeed Ali alias Ali, K. Sai Kiran, Kota Naga Durga Prasad, …

Inter-State ganja peddling gang busted in Andhra Pradesh, 90 kg contraband seized
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inter-State ganja peddling gang busted in Andhra Pradesh, 90 kg contraband seized

The Hindu  

The Anti-Narcotic Cell of NTR district arrested 15 persons allegedly involved in ganja peddling, and seized 90 kg of the contraband from their possession. The accused were natives of Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, said the Deputy Commissioner of Police, T. Hari Krishna, and the Anti-Narcotic Cell Additional DCP, R. Srihari Babu. The Anti-Narcotic Cell, the Commissioner’s Task Force and …

Ganja peddling, consumption will be dealt with an iron fist, warns Andhra Pradesh DGP Dwaraka Tirumala Rao
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ganja peddling, consumption will be dealt with an iron fist, warns Andhra Pradesh DGP Dwaraka Tirumala Rao

The Hindu  

Director General of Police Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao has said that drugs mafia will have an adverse impact on the country’s economy and growth, and its ill-effects will have international ramifications too. It is alarming that some school-going children too are addicted to vices,” Mr. Tirumala Rao observed while participating in an awareness programme organised by the NTR Commissionerate Police …

TG Police to Work With AP Cops to Curb Ganja Menace
6 months, 2 weeks ago

TG Police to Work With AP Cops to Curb Ganja Menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After having set up specialised checkpoints that would be manned by armed forces at inter-state borders, the Telangana police, who obtained leads about notorious gangs involved in the smuggling of ganja from neighbouring states, are likely to join hands with the Andhra Pradesh law enforcement agencies to dismantle the ganja supply chain. Stating that the Telangana is only state …

Three held for possession of ganja near Katpadi, Arakkonam railway stations
7 months ago

Three held for possession of ganja near Katpadi, Arakkonam railway stations

The Hindu  

In separate incidents,three persons were arrested during checks in express trains near Katpadi and Arakkonam railway stations in Vellore and Ranipet districts respectively for possession of 33 kg of ganja on Saturday. In the first incident, a Prohibition Enforcement Wing team, led by Ranipet Inspector K. Saraswathi, checked the compartments in Ernakulam TATA Nagar Express, and found H. Saheer, 25, …

Two ganja gangs busted in Anantapur city
1 year, 3 months ago

Two ganja gangs busted in Anantapur city

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: In a major breakthrough, Anantapur police have busted two gangs, whose 18 members supplied ganja to people in the city addicted to the narcotic. Anburajan disclosed that following a tip off, One Town and Fourth Town police raided two separate places in the town following reports of ganja being procured at cheap prices from the agency areas of Visakhapatnam …

3 peddlers arrested, 120 kg ganja seized in Hyderabad
1 year, 4 months ago

3 peddlers arrested, 120 kg ganja seized in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Three members of an interstate ganja peddling gang were arrested by sleuths of the Rajendranagar Zone Special Operations Team on Wednesday. During interrogation, one accused confessed that he initially hatched a plan to commit theft and roped in two of his friends, natives of Tamil Nadu, to help him. Recently, the trio hatched a plan to sell ganja in …

Ganja racket run by mom-son duo busted in Hyderabad
1 year, 4 months ago

Ganja racket run by mom-son duo busted in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Narcotics Bureau along with Golconda Police nabbed Kalapathi Gowtham Singh, his mother Kalapathi Nithubai, both ganja peddlers and their two associates including a teenager and seized 23 kg of ganja from them on Wednesday. The TS-NAB also found that Nithubai has acquired two buildings — one each at Gachibowli and Langar Houz, valued at around Rs …

Krishna police seize 497 kg ganja, arrest 317 peddlers
1 year, 5 months ago

Krishna police seize 497 kg ganja, arrest 317 peddlers

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Krishna SP P. Joshua said district police have arrested 317 peddlers and seized 497 kg of ganja from them in the past one year. Addressing a press meet at Machilipatnam on Tuesday, the SP said they kept special vigil on ganja transport and sales across the district. Rajendranath Reddy, Krishna district police have in the past four years arrested …

11 ganja suppliers, peddlers held in YSR Kadapa district
1 year, 7 months ago

11 ganja suppliers, peddlers held in YSR Kadapa district

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Special police teams of YSR Kadapa district arrested 11 cannabis suppliers and peddlers and seized 22.3 kg of the narcotic from them. Anburajan told media on Tuesday that on a tip-off, special teams conducted raids at different places within the Two Town police station limits. Police have identified the accused as Pathan Afzal Khan, Panyam Ashok Kumar, Poola Rajesh, …

11-member ganja gang busted
1 year, 9 months ago

11-member ganja gang busted

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Kadapa police busted an 11-member gang of inter-district ganja smugglers operating in Pulivendula and Atlur areas during raids on Friday. Anburajan said police teams raided different places across YSR district as part of their ongoing action against the narcotic in the district. Another four persons – H. Venkata Siva Suresh, D. Durga Sai, S. Srinivasulu and Pavan are from …

Gang of ganja smugglers busted in Kadapa
1 year, 10 months ago

Gang of ganja smugglers busted in Kadapa

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: In a major breakthrough, Kadapa police on Saturday nabbed a 19-member interstate gang of cannabis smugglers and seized 28 kg of ganja, a Ford car and four two wheelers from them. Anburajan told media that on a tip off, special police teams had been deployed at four different places in YSR district, which led to arrest of 19 smugglers. …

11 ganja peddlers arrested in two days
2 years, 5 months ago

11 ganja peddlers arrested in two days

The Hindu  

The police have arrested 11 ganja peddlers in two days and recovered over 18 kg ganja from them. Following a tip-off, a special team of police, led by an inspector of police, monitored the movement of a man inside the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Saturday morning and intercepted him when he was moving in a suspicious manner with …

In a first, properties of drug peddler attached by Bengaluru police
2 years, 6 months ago

In a first, properties of drug peddler attached by Bengaluru police

The Hindu  

The city police have for the first time got the properties of a narcotics peddler attached and his family’s bank accounts frozen. The police have attached ₹50-lakh worth agricultural land and ₹3 lakh in various bank accounts linked to the peddler. Taking up a probe under the relevant sections, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau ordered a provisional attachment of assets of Mallesh …

Several techies among 28 held for peddling and abusing ganja (with photos)
2 years, 10 months ago

Several techies among 28 held for peddling and abusing ganja (with photos)

The Hindu  

A private doctor, employees of Amazon, Hinduja Global Solutions, Cognizant, Deloitte, a student at the University of Hyderabad, and a Nigeria national were among 28 persons apprehended by the Hyderabad police’s Narcotic Enforcement Wing on charges of peddling and abusing ganja and other narcotic substances, including MDMA, LSD blots and hash oil. In the first case, the sleuths of H-NEW …

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