Two arrested while transporting ganja from Odisha to Mumbai via Hyderabad

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Officials from the Secunderabad Government Railway Police on  with the accused and seized contraband.

Officials from the Secunderabad Government Railway Police on with the accused and seized contraband. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement

Two men transporting ganja rom Berhampur successful Odisha to Mumbai were arrested during a associated cognition by the Secunderabad Government Railway Police (GRP), Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Eagle squad of the Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau connected Friday (December 5). The officials seized 6.863 kg of contraband on with 2 mobile phones utilized for the committee of the offence.

The accused, identified arsenic Muna Prusty, 20 and Tikash Kumar Barik, 23, some from Ganjam territory successful Odisha were taken into custody pursuing astonishment checks connected level 10 of the Secunderabad Railway Station, wherever officers recovered the duo carrying a trolley suitcase packed with the substance.

Police said 3 different suspects, Ashish from Berhampur, and Jayesh and Shubam from Mumbai, stay absconding.

Investigation revealed that Prusty and Barik had been moving successful antithetic States for employment. During Prusty’s clip successful Mumbai, 2 men helium knew required marijuana. Prusty contacted Ashish successful Odisha, who agreed to merchantability it astatine ₹5,000 per kilogram. Police said Prusty past inflated the price, claiming it outgo ₹15,000 per kilogram, and collected ₹30,000 successful beforehand from the buyers. He aboriginal travelled to Surat, met Barik, and shared the program with him. The brace went to Berhampur, procured the substance from Ashish, and boarded the Konark Express connected Thursday (December 4) to transport it to Mumbai.

They were arrested erstwhile the bid reached Secunderabad connected December 5. A lawsuit was booked and further probe is nether way.

Published - December 06, 2025 06:43 p.m. IST

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