Two arrested with 237 kg marijuana in Hyderabad
Police in Hyderabad arrested two individuals and seized 237 kg of marijuana being smuggled from Odisha to Pune and Mumbai. The operation uncovered an inter-state network involving a lorry container used to transport the contraband across state lines.
Why it matters
This bust highlights the ongoing challenges of inter-state drug trafficking and the effectiveness of coordinated narcotics enforcement operations.
The Telangana EAGLE Force and Malkajgiri Narcotics Police have busted an inter-State marijuana smuggling network and seized 237 kg of the contraband, worth ₹1.18 crore, from a lorry container on the Vijayawada-Mumbai highway.
Two persons, identified as lorry owner-cum-driver Rajesh Kumar, 33, and labourer Anil Ranganath Bichare, 35, were arrested during the operation near a function hall on National Highway-65.
According to the police, Rajesh, a native of Bihar, who had moved to Mumbai in 2015, came in contact with Pune-based alleged peddlers Suresh Kedari and Dharam Shindey around seven months ago. The duo allegedly offered him financial assistance to purchase a second-hand lorry container in return for transporting marijuana from Odisha to Pune and Mumbai.
Rajesh allegedly bought the container four months ago and received ₹3 lakh from the duo. Police said Anil had been assisting Kedari and Shindey in transporting marijuana from Odisha for the past two years.
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