Six convicted in ganja case

The Anantapur I ADJ Court connected Thursday (February 05, 2026) sentenced six persons to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹1 lakh connected each of the accused successful ganja smuggling case. The convicted are natives of Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai, and West Godavari districts.

According to the police, connected June 17, 2021, the Anantapur agrarian constabulary carried retired conveyance checking adjacent the MYR Function hallway successful the metropolis based connected credible accusation astir proscription and merchantability of ganja. During checking, a car bearing registration fig AP39 BG 9454 was stopped and 29.100 kg of ganja was seized.

After completion of the investigation, a complaint expanse was filed earlier the Anantapur I ADJ Court. After examining the witnesses and evidence, I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Anantapur, C. Satyavani, connected Thursday pronounced the judgement.

The convicted persons were identified arsenic Kunchapu Vadde Pawan Kumar, B. Dhanaraj, and Gajula Akhil of Anantapur Town; Palle Venkata Raviteja of West Godavari District, Gajula Nagaraju of Kalyandurgam Town, and Poola Sunil Kumar of Kondamanu Yanipalem successful Kadiri Mandal of Sri Sathya Sai District.