EAGLE Force arrests 2 with 150 kg ganja worth Rs 75L in Suryapet

Acting on specific information, the joint team intercepted a Honda City car near Kakatiya Seva Samithi on Kodad Highway and found 62 packets containing the contraband. The ganja was allegedly being transported from Odisha to Karnataka.

Hyderabad: The Telangana EAGLE Force, in coordination with Kodad Town Police, arrested two alleged interstate ganja transporters and seized 150 kg of ganja worth Rs 75 lakh at Kodad in Suryapet district on Saturday, October 31.

Acting on specific information, the joint team intercepted a Honda City car near Kakatiya Seva Samithi on Kodad Highway and found 62 packets containing the contraband. The ganja was allegedly being transported from Odisha to Karnataka.

The arrested persons were identified as Selva Surya (26), a resident of Hanur taluk, and Raja Gownder Murugan (42), a resident of Kollegala, both in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka.

Karnataka natives got ganja from Odisha resident

During preliminary enquiry, the duo allegedly revealed that they had procured the ganja from a person identified as Raju, a resident of Chitrakonda in Odisha. They were transporting the consignment to Karnataka and had reportedly been promised Rs.20,000 for delivering it.

Officials also identified two alleged receivers, Eshwar Gownder (40) and Shivappa, both from Hanur in Chamarajanagar district. Police are trying to trace them and establish the roles of others involved in the interstate trafficking network.

The seized ganja and the car, along with the arrested persons, were handed over to Kodad Town Police. A case was registered under Section 8(c) (producing, manufacturing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transporting, warehousing, using, consuming, or importing/exporting any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance) read with Section 20(b)(ii)(C) (punishment when the prohibited act under Section 8(c) involves cannabis in a commercial quantity), Section 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring an offender), and Section 29 (punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy) of the NDPS Act.

The EAGLE Force appealed to the public to share information about drug trafficking through its toll-free helpline 1908 or WhatsApp number 8712671111, assuring that the identity of informants would be kept confidential.