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Seizure of 164.86 kg of ganja and a car adjacent the Outer Ring Road (ORR) led to the apprehension of 2 alleged interstate cause peddlers by the SOT Cantonment Zone squad on with the Abdullapurmet Police.
The accused person been identified arsenic 28-year-old Nabin Sabar, an agriculture idiosyncratic from Dariamba colony successful Gajapati territory of Odisha, and 27-year-old Sudhkar Mandal, an agriculture idiosyncratic from Antaraba successful the aforesaid district.
Police said the contraband, packed successful 80 packets wrapped with brownish adhesive tape, was concealed successful the footwear of a Kia car bearing registration fig AP-39-QR-2975. Two mobile phones were besides seized. The full worth of the seized spot is estimated astatine astir 41.21 lakh.
The lawsuit has been registered nether Sections 8(c) work with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act.
According to investigators, the accused allegedly came into interaction with a cause peddler from Barmapur successful Odisha who offered them ₹60,000 per consignment to transport marijuana from Odisha to Maharashtra, Karnataka and different destinations. Police said that the accused had earlier delivered 2 consignments successful Karnataka.
On March 1 astatine astir 1.59 p.m., acting connected a extremity off, the teams intercepted the conveyance astatine Nalgonda Dharma Kanta, earlier the Outer Ring Road, portion it was proceeding towards Hyderabad. The accused were apprehended and the contraband was seized nether a panchanama. They were allegedly instructed to present the consignment astatine Exit No. 11 successful Hyderabad.
Police said Nabin Sabar had earlier been progressive successful a lawsuit registered successful 2023 astatine Sadar Behrampur successful Odisha. The arrested persons are being produced earlier a tribunal for judicial remand. Further probe is underway.
