102 kg of ganja seized from Vizag smugglers

■ The duo has been selling ganja at `10,000 per kg

A whopping 102 kg of ganja was nabbed from two peddlers who were smuggling the contraband from Araku in their car on Tuesday by officials of the Excise and Prohibition Department.

According to police officials, initially, V. Srinivas, 26, was arrested from the Malakpet area in possession of two kg of ganja.

Upon grilling him, officials found about his associate coming to the city with 100 kg of the contraband, following which he was nabbed too.

“The tip was given that B. Ashok Teja, also 26, was coming from Narsipatnam to sell ganja in Hyderabad. Officials rushed to Abdullapurmet and found a car parked on the highway which leads to Batasingaram and seized 100 kg of dry ganja, 50 packets each containing 2 kg, from the compartment and from under the rear seat of the vehicle,” said deputy commissioner of excise, C. Vivekananda Reddy.

During the course of investigation, it was revealed that Srinivas had started supplying drugs to some of the sellers at Dhoolpet, Katedan and Narayankhed in small quantities of 10 kg since about one year.

“He gradually increased the quantities of the banned substance and started importing 100 kg at a time. The receivers in Hyderabad are being identified based on the mobile numbers on their phones and information given by Srinivas. We will soon be cracking down on them too,” added the official.

— DC Deputy commissioner of prohibition and excise Vivekananda Reddy with the seized 102 kg ganja and the accused, V. Srinivas and B. Ashok Teja, on Tuesday.