The Special Operations Teams (SOT) of Cyberabad, along with the law and order police, nabbed two interstate gangs in two different cases for smuggling marijuana using Hyderabad as transit point to Maharashtra. Officials caught them in possession of 1.228 kg of the contraband and also recovered a country-made firearm along with 14 rounds of ammunition and two magazines.
In the first case, the SOT Medchal zone along with Dundigal police nabbed a gang from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The accused, identified as Mohammed Inam, 30, Banti Kashyap, 26, Lalith Kumar Kashyap, 20, Mohammed Saad, 21, were caught in possession of the country-made weapon, two magazines, 14 live rounds, 508 kg of marijuana and two cars.
Their main receiver Bablu Shinde from Solapur, Maharashtra and main supplier, one Subhash from Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh, are at large, said the police.
