The special operation team of Shamshabad along with Miyapur police on Friday intercepting a Nashik-bound vehicle, arrested six inter-State smugglers, and seized a total of about 800 kilograms of ganja.
The dry ganja packed in brown tapes and concealed under bags of ginger in a DCM truck was being piloted by another car. The contraband originated in the Agency area of Koraput district of Odisha, was being taken to Nashik, Maharashtra, via Hyderabad, when the police obstructed the vehicle at Miyapur X road toll gate.
Cyberabad police commissioner Stephen Raveendra explaining the seizure to media persons on Friday, said the material had a street value of Rs. 1.60 crore, as against its procured rate at Rs. 3000 per kilogram. Except the main supplier Subhash Kumar of Odisha and Vikas Jadhav of Nashik, the main receiver, the remaining six smugglers were arrested.
