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Three persons were arrested and implicit 60 kgs of marijuana worthy ₹33 lakh was seized by Excise officials astatine the Patangi tollgate successful Nalgonda territory connected Wednesday.
The accused were identified arsenic Gangabai Panduranga Chouhan, Kamal Arjun Mothe, some from Maharashtra, and Vallapu Dasu Venu Kumar, a nonmigratory of Nalgonda.
According to officials, the consignment was being transported from Berhampur successful Odisha to Maharashtra. The accused allegedly utilized an autorickshaw and travelled on with women to debar suspicion portion moving the contraband.
Acting connected a tip-off, the excise teams intercepted the conveyance astatine the toll gross and seized the marijuana. The accused were taken into custody and aboriginal handed implicit to the Ramannapeta excise station. The cognition was carried retired by teams led by Ramannapeta Excise Circle Inspector R. Baloji Naik and Mothkur Excise Circle Inspector K. Ravichandra Reddy on with their staff.
Officials said further probe is underway to place others progressive successful the smuggling network.
