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Three men were arrested present portion trying to transport 908.41 kilograms of ganja from Odisha to Maharashtra. The seized contraband, on with a transport vehicle, mobile phones and cash, is valued astatine astir ₹2.7 crore, informed a constabulary authoritative astir the cognition jointly conducted by the South-East Zone Task Force team, and Bandlaguda Police.
The arrested men were identified arsenic Mohammed Kaleem Uddin, 32, a dense conveyance operator from Golconda; Shaik Sohail, 23, an air-conditioning technician from Amberpet; and Mohammed Afzal, 25, besides from Amberpet, who worked arsenic an appliance repair technician.
All 3 are puerility friends from Hyderabad and were allegedly moving for Rahman, Kaleem Uddin’s brother, identified arsenic the main transporter and presently absconding, S. Chaitanya Kumar DCP (South East).
The serviceman said that Rahman came into interaction with 2 suppliers, Jithu from Kalimela successful Odisha and Suresh from Srikakulam successful Andhra Pradesh, who offered him betwixt ₹3 and ₹5 lakh per travel to determination ganja from Malkangiri, Odisha, to Maharashtra. Rahman recruited his associates, promising them ₹50,000 each per trip.
Following the arrangement, the men travelled from Hyderabad to Palasa successful Srikakulam, wherever they loaded cashew shells into a conveyance to disguise the contraband. They past proceeded to Malkangiri, wherever they met Jithu and Suresh, and concealed 28 bags of ganja beneath the cashew shells earlier covering the load with a tarpaulin.
After parking the conveyance astatine an isolated spot successful Patel Nagar, Amberpet, for 2 days, the accused acceptable retired for Nashik, Maharashtra, connected October 22. Acting connected credible information, the South-East Zone Task Force team, on with Bandlaguda Police, intercepted the conveyance successful Bandlaguda astir 2.30 p.m. The contraband and different materials were seized nether a panchanama, and the 3 accused were taken into custody.
Police said 4 others progressive successful the racket, Rahman from Hyderabad, suppliers Jithu and Suresh, and the Maharashtra-based receiver Mahesh, stay absconding.
The ganja, sourced from distant wood areas of Malkangiri successful Odisha, was intended for large-scale organisation crossed Maharashtra.
