Over 500 kg of ganja worth nearly Rs.2 crore seized in Kothagudem

In a major cannabis seizure, police seized ganja weighing 508.65 kg, worth about Rs.1.77 crore, and arrested six smugglers at Dammapet in the district on Monday.

Speaking to the media at Dammapet police station on Tuesday,



Superintendent of Police B Rohith Raju informed that the smugglers had concealed 247 ganja packets worth Rs 1.77 crore in 20 bags stacked under a load of chemical bags in a truck. The substance procured in Odisha was being transported to Nashik in Maharashtra.