DRI seizes 1,113 kg of ganja hidden under timber logs in Visakhapatnam
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a goods vehicle in Visakhapatnam district on 15 July 2018 and found 1,113 kilograms of ganja in 528 brown packets under seven tonnes of wooden logs. Two people moving the load from the agency area toward Zaheerabad were apprehended under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Acting on a tip-off, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sleuths intercepted a carriage vehicle in Visakhapatnam district on Sunday 15 July 2018 and found 48 bags concealed under seven tonnes of wooden logs.[1]Opening the bags, officers recovered 528 brown packets holding 1,113 kilograms of cannabis, known locally as ganja.[1]The DRI’s Hyderabad Zonal Unit announced the seizure the next day, valuing the drug at about Rs 1.67 crore in the grey market and seizing it under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]
The contraband is suspected to have been procured from the Visakhapatnam agency area and was to be sent to Zaheerabad town in Telangana.[1]Two people found moving the ganja were apprehended.[1]
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