NCB seizes 3,400 kg of ganja from truck on Hyderabad ring road
A joint NCB team stopped a Maharashtra-registered truck at a toll booth on Hyderabad's ring road on 28 August 2021 and seized 3,400 kg of ganja hidden under nursery saplings. Three men from Latur district were arrested and officials valued the haul at about Rs 21 crore.
🇮🇳 Hyderabad ring road, Hyderabad, Telangana · India
A joint team of the NCB’s Bengaluru and Hyderabad units stopped a Maharashtra-registered truck at a toll booth on Hyderabad’s ring road on Saturday 28 August 2021.[1][2]They arrested three men from Latur district in Maharashtra: D Shinde, M R Kamble and N Jogdand.[1][2]
The truck carried 3,400 kg of high-grade ganja packed in 141 gunny bags, hidden under tarpaulin sheets and nursery saplings.[1][2]Zonal Director Amit Ghawate valued the haul at about Rs 21 crore.[1][2]
The NCB said the consignment came from the Andhra-Odisha border area and was arranged by a Maharashtra kingpin for syndicates in Pune, Mumbai, Thane and other states, which peddle the drug in colleges and parties.[1][2]The agency noted it had already seized over 7,500 kg of ganja that year by the end of August.[1]
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No charges or court outcome for the three arrested men were reported.
The reports do not name the Maharashtra kingpin officials said arranged the consignment.
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