Three held with 10.16 kg marijuana in Mallepally

Three persons were arrested for transporting 10.16 kg of marijuana from Maharashtra to Mallepally.

Acting connected circumstantial information, a Special Task Force squad of Prohibition and Excise Department conducted a raid adjacent a substance presumption successful Mallepally connected Friday. During the operation, officials seized 10.16 kg of adust marijuana.

The arrested persons were identified arsenic Prem Chandrakanth Hatwalne, 27, Sakat Shankar, 21, and Kasbe Raju, 40. Police said 3 different accused, identified arsenic Shivraj Hatagade, Akshay and Jawed, are absconding.

Investigations revealed that Prem Chandrakanth Hatwalne, a autochthonal of Maharashtra, allegedly supplied marijuana to his associates successful Mallepally, who past distributed it locally done a web of peddlers. The contraband was reportedly transported from Nagpur for merchantability successful the city.

The accused, on with the seized material, were handed implicit to the Nampally Prohibition and Excise Station unit for further investigation. Officials said efforts are nether mode to apprehend the absconding persons.