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About 2,348 kg of ganja and 55 litres of hashish oil, seized by officials of the Prohibition & Excise Department successful Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju districts implicit the past 18 months, were destroyed during a programme held astatine the Waste-to-Energy Plant astatine the Kapuluppada dumping gait present connected Friday.
Deputy Commissioner of the Prohibition & Excise Department Sri Ramachandra Murthy said that astir of the ganja had been seized successful the Paderu sub-division of Alluri Sitharama Raju district. He said the ganja and hashish lipid would beryllium destroyed successful a phased mode successful the incinerator astatine the Waste-to-Energy Plant. He added that the full worth of the narcotics being destroyed was estimated astatine astir ₹1.72 crore.
Mr. Murthy besides said that determination were presently nary traces of ganja cultivation successful Alluri Sitharama Raju district. He clarified that the ASR, Anakapalli and Visakhapatnam districts were present being utilized lone arsenic transit points for proscription of the contraband.
