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Eight radical were arrested connected Saturday successful a bid of coordinated raids by officials from Telangana Excise and Prohibition Department crossed Hyderabad. Nearly 16 kg of ganja and 39 non-duty paid liquor bottles were seized by the officials.
In the largest haul of the day, the Rangareddy enforcement squad seized 11 kg of ganja valued astatine astir ₹5.5 lakh adjacent Cherlapally railway presumption aft receiving accusation that the contraband was being transported from Odisha.
The authoritative said that the acccused, Pushpala Varun, a nonmigratory of Mallapur, had allegedly travelled to Rayagada territory successful Odisha, purchased the substance and brought it backmost by train. He was apprehended arsenic helium attempted to disembark and caput towards Mallapur. The seized ganja was aboriginal handed implicit astatine the Ghatkesar excise presumption for further probe.
In a abstracted operation, the State Task Force (STF) B squad arrested a couple, Suraj and Rupa from Malkangiri territory of Odisha, who were carrying 3 kg of ganja intended for suppliers successful Hyderabad.
Acting connected a tip-off, the squad intercepted the autobus arriving from Odisha astatine the LB Nagar junction and recovered 2 packets of ganja from the couple’s bags. The contraband was handed implicit to the Saroornagar excise station.
Meanwhile, STF D squad conducted a raid astatine a boys’ hostel successful Addagutta, KPHB, wherever 423 gm of ganja was seized from a antheral identified arsenic Medari Arun Kumar of Zaheerabad successful Sangareddy.
Officials said that different accused, identified arsenic Santosh, was absconding. The seized substance was handed implicit to the Kukatpally excise presumption for further probe.
At Manguru Basti adjacent Nampally railway presumption successful Mallepally, the STF-A squad arrested 4 radical aft seizing 1.5 kg of ganja.
The accused were identified arsenic C. Mangaraj, Saddam Khan, K. Radha and L. Aarti. Three mobile phones and an car motorcycle were besides recovered.
Cases were registered against 4 others, including Mohammed Rizwan, Heena Begum, Gausia and Kamrerohitulu, who are presently absconding. The seized materials were handed implicit to the Nampally excise station.
The STF-A squad which seized 38 bottles of non-duty paid liquor that had been brought into Hyderabad connected flights from Goa and Delhi. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement
In summation to the narcotics cases, the STF-A squad seized 38 bottles of non-duty paid liquor that had been brought into Hyderabad connected flights from Goa and Delhi. The bottles, booked successful 2 abstracted cases, were intercepted adjacent Rajiv Gandhi International Airport successful Shamshabad and handed implicit to the Meerpet excise station.
