Superintendent of Police (Tirupati) P. Parameswara Reddy, on Friday, said that the police arrested 416 persons in connection with 105 cases, seizing 1,220 kg of ganja worth ₹1.63 crore in the year 2023.
Addressing the media after a year-end crime review meeting here, he said that the department dealt red sanders cases, another major menace, with an iron fist by arresting 76 offenders in fifteen cases. “This year, we have seized 975 red sander logs along with 34 vehicles, worth ₹9.75 crore,” Mr. Reddy added.
The district witnessed a 15% dip in the overall crime rate, with the number of bodily offences coming down to 687 this year from 710 in 2022 and murder cases down to 37 this year from 55 in 2022. Similarly, property-related offences also came down to 987 this year from 1,047 in 2022.
