110 kg of ganja seized as smuggling car breaks down on NH-65 in Suryapet
Police in Suryapet seized 110 kg of ganja from a car that broke down on National Highway 65 and was being towed away, after the people with it fled, leaving the loaded car behind. Officers seized the ganja and the car and registered a case, and were searching for those who escaped.
🇮🇳 National Highway 65, Suryapet, Suryapet district, Telangana · India
Police seized110 kg of ganja from a car that broke down and was being towed
along National Highway 65 in Suryapet.[1]When the car stopped, the people
with it arranged for a tow truck, described in the Telugu account as a Boeing
vehicle, to move it.[1]Acting on advance information, police reached the spot
while the vehicle was being moved, and the people in the car abandoned it there
and fled when they saw the officers.[1]
Officers searched the car and found 110 kg of ganja inside.[1][2]Police seized
the ganja together with the car and registered a case.[1]A search was under
way for the suspects who fled.[1][2]The Telugu account describes the case as a
plan to smuggle ganja that fell apart when the car broke down on the highway.[1]
Police in Suryapet district seized 110 kg of ganja that a gang was moving by car on National Highway 65.[3]The car stopped on NH 65, the Hyderabad–Vijayawada highway, near the new bus stand in Suryapet town.[3]Expecting the car to be towed to a safe place, the suspects were waiting when police, acting on advance information, surrounded the area.[3]Seeing the police vehicles, the young men in the car ran off in different directions, leaving the car and the towing vehicle behind.[3]Hindusthan Samachar, the national news agency, reported that police identified the gang transporting the ganja in the car and took them into custody, though it gave no count of those held.[4]According to Hindusthan Samachar, police said the case came to light during special checks launched after putting ganja transport under surveillance.[4]
The Suryapet car was an Innova carrying ganja bought from unidentified people in Odisha toward Hyderabad when it stopped at Suryapet.[2]
Photos and video
Lead picture on the Disha Daily account of the Suryapet seizure, captioned only with the headline ('the car broke down, the smuggling plan reversed'); no photo credit given.Photo details
The article gives no date for the breakdown and seizure; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The article does not say exactly where on National Highway 65 in Suryapet the car broke down, so the place is given at district precision.
Only one accessible account of this event was found, and it gives no number of people who fled, no names, ages or charges.
The article does not say where the ganja was being taken from or to.
No value for the 110 kg of ganja was published.
No arrest was reported and no court step was recorded; police said a search was under way for those who fled.
Disha Daily says the occupants fled and police were searching for them, while Hindusthan Samachar says police identified the gang and took its members into custody without giving a number; the tracker keeps no arrest figure.
Neither new account gives a count of suspects, their names, ages or charges beyond a case being registered.
Hindusthan Samachar says the value of the seized ganja was still to be assessed, and Disha Daily gives no value.
The article gives a combined value of over Rs 80 lakh for both seizures without a separate breakdown, so no separate value is added to this report.
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