In a major drug bust, excise officials apprehended four youths on charge of smuggling 95 kg of ganja to the city on Sunday.
A team led by Assistant Excise Commissioner T. Anikumar, who heads the State Excise Enforcement Squad, nabbed a gang comprising Ratheesh R., alias Chokkan, 36, of Karinkadamugal near Thiruvallam; Ratheesh S.R., 42, of Menilam near Thiruvallam; Vishnu, alias Bolero Vishnu, 31, of Kalliyoor; and Akhil, alias Bolt, 25, of Neyyattinkara at Kannettumukku near Thycaud.
The first three accused are suspected to have smuggled the contraband from Vijayawada in 46 packets. They had taken Vishnu’s wife and three children along with them to Vijayawada to evade suspicion. Akhil allegedly reached the spot in the city to collect the consignment.
