Police cracked the whip against ganja peddlers and consumers in the NTR District Police Commissionerate limits. As many as 22 persons, who were addicted to ganja and other drugs, were externed from the commissionerate in the last few days.
Police Commissioner Kanthi Rana Tata issued orders on Friday externing Vallabhaneni Prabhu Das, Sk. Kareemullah and Sali Venkatesh who were addicted to drugs and involved in several cases. Five persons, Uppagalla Sri Mahesh alias Nani, Lankapalli Sai Kiran alias Donga Sai, Dhanakota Girish, Md. Kareem and Padda Durga Rao, were externed on Thursday. The orders will be in force for six months.
For the first time, a woman ganja peddler, Jonnalagadda Saramma alias Sarada of Ajit Singh Nagar, was externed on April 21. The 39-year-old served a jail term for selling the narcotic substance.
