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Two individuals, including a Home Guard, was arrested for smuggling ganja into Hyderabad by the State Task Force C squad of the Telangana Excise and Prohibition department. The officials seized 15.33 kg ganja worthy astir ₹7.5 lakh.
The apprehension was made during checks adjacent Ramoji Film City connected Saturday (November 8) morning. The accused, identified arsenic Nilambar Mirkan, 50, a constabulary Home Guard, had been contacted by 1 Umakant Nagar from Odisha’s Malkangiri territory to transport a consignment of ganja to Hyderabad.
Acting connected credible intelligence, the squad intercepted the car driven by Sona Kala, 35 and conducted a elaborate inspection.
Although nary contraband was recovered initially, officers noticed scratches and signs of tampering connected the spare tyre successful the vehicle’s boot. On dismantling it, they discovered 4 packets of ganja concealed wrong the tyre lining. The packets collectively weighed 15.33 kg.
Both Mirkan and Kala were taken into custody, portion a lawsuit has besides been registered against Umakant, who supplied the ganja from Odisha.
The seized car and the contraband were handed implicit to the Hayathnagar excise presumption for further investigation.
