Two held as police seize 31 kg of ganja at Ponduru station
Police at Ponduru railway station in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district seized 31 kg of ganja from two men travelling from Karnataka on Thursday evening and arrested them. Officers said the cannabis, carried in suitcases, was worth about ₹1.95 lakh.
🇮🇳 Ponduru railway station, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh · India
It was packed in suitcases, and officers valued it at about ₹1.95 lakh.[1]Sub-Inspector Rajesh led the checks after police received information that ganja
was being smuggled through the station.[1]
Amadalavalasa Circle Inspector Sanyasinayudu and Rajesh announced the seizure at
a press conference in Ponduru on Friday 30 October, the day after the checks.[1]Sanyasinayudu said the two suspects had been arrested and that the case was
under investigation.[1]
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Tahsildar and police officers inspect bags of ganja laid out at Ponduru railway station. Photo: AndhrajyothyPhoto details
The article dates the seizure only to Thursday evening and was published on Friday 30 October 2026; 29 October is taken as the incident date.
No second independent report or police statement on this seizure could be opened, so the account rests on one Telugu newspaper report.
The report names no charges or court outcome, and does not say where in Karnataka the men boarded or where the ganja was headed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Andhrajyothy: Police at Ponduru railway station in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, seized 31 kg of ganja, or cannabis, from two men on the evening of Thursday 29 October 2026.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Andhrajyothy: The cannabis was being transported illegally from Karnataka.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Andhrajyothy: The two men, Munaf Sab and Sunil Talwar, both from Karnataka, were stopped after officers noticed them moving suspiciously at the station.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Andhrajyothy: The ganja was seized under the supervision of Ponduru Tahsildar R. Venkatesh.
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