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Crime successful Guntur territory fell by 13% successful 2025, said Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal connected Monday (December 29).
In all, 8,937 cases were registered successful 2025 arsenic against 10,252 successful 2024, the SP said. Vigil has been enhanced connected history-sheeters, gamblers, roosterfight organisers, ganja and cause peddlers successful the district, Mr. Vakul Jindal said.
Speaking astatine a media league astatine the Police Headquarters successful Guntur, helium said the constabulary investigated cases specified arsenic golden theft successful Mangalagiri Rural, Kollipara and Pattabhipuram and recovered the valuables, solved the execution of a transperson successful Kolanukonda colony and a integer apprehension lawsuit successful Kakumanu.
In all, 91 ganja cases were reported successful Guntur district, and 403 peddlers and consumers were arrested and astir 221 kg of ganja, 1.325 litres of liquid ganja and 506 grams of different drugs were seized from the accused, Mr. Vakul Jindal said.
“We are organising cordon and hunt successful colonies successful Guntur territory to cheque ganja smuggling and consumption. Of the 1,458 history-sheeters, vigil has been stepped up connected 955 criminals who are active,” the SP said.
“Police, successful relation with nationalist representatives and NCC cadets, are conducting consciousness programmes titled ‘Sankalpam’ successful acquisition institutions against drugs and ganja. We are enlightening students connected the consequences of cause addiction,” Mr. Vakul Jindal explained.
Guntur District Task Force focused connected lottery, gambling, thefts, merchantability of banned drugs successful aesculapian shops and prostitution. The PD Act was invoked against 11 criminals.
Under ‘Safe Campus Zone’, constabulary searched shops and registered 1,297 cases nether Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COPTA) Act, 2003. The constabulary imposed a good of ₹1.98 lakh connected the store owners, Mr. Vakul Jindal said.
