5 peddlers held, 214 kg ganja seized in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Five ganja peddlers were arrested and 214 kg of the contraband was seized from their possession by police at Kothur on Sunday night .
Cyberabad police said that the accused were caught when the contraband, packed in two-kg packets, was being shifted from one car to another. Maharashtra residents BS Chandekar, P Tirumali Balu, N Ganesh, Rajendra were arrested along with M Vinod, who is from Suryapet district.Police said that Nagaraju spoke to his contacts in Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border area after the four persons from Maharashtra requested him to arrange ganja. Four accused went to AP and brought ganja to Kothur, where Chandekar, Tirumali, Ganesh and Rajendra were waiting. Based on a tip-off, police nabbed five persons.