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The Kadapa constabulary connected Friday (October 10, 2025) person detained a notorious and habitual inter-state reddish sanders smuggler nether the Preventive Detention (PD) Act for continuously getting progressive successful smuggling and allied spot related offences.
The accused identified arsenic Iragamreddy Naga Dasthagiri Reddy (36), hailing from Duvvur mandal and residing successful Proddatur municipality of Kadapa district, was allegedly progressive successful reddish sanders smuggling since 2014. A full of 128 cases person been registered against him successful Kadapa and neighbouring districts, retired of which 98 cases wherever related to reddish sanders smuggling.
Dasthagiri Reddy was detained thrice nether the PD Act successful the past and sent to jail, but helium continued to prosecute successful smuggling aft getting released, the constabulary said.
According to the police, helium maintained adjacent nexus with inter-state smugglers of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, too acting arsenic the henchman of immoderate notorious planetary kingpins successful fetching coolies into the wood and transporting the logs.
Superintendent of Police Shelke Nachiket Vishwanath directed the Red Sanders Anti Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) to taxable a connection to this effect to the District Collector Sridhar Cherukuri, who issued the PD Act detention orders against the accused. The orders were served connected the accused done cardinal jailhouse authorities connected Friday.
