In a major catch, Sangareddy district police seized 992 kg of dry ganja worth ₹ 99.2 lakh and arrested four persons, while one is absconding.
According to Superintendent of Police M. Raman Kumar, 492 ganja packets, each containing about 2 kg of dry ganja, were being taken in a lorry from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh to Aurangabad in Maharashtra.
Three men took the lorry to another car to alert the driver of any police investigation. On a tip-off, Sadashivpet Circle Inspector G. Santosh Kumar stopped the lorry at a petrol bunk and found that the ganja was being carried in packets.
The arrested people have been identified as Altaf Ahmed, Abdul Rehman, Sheikh Amees and Mushtaq Ahmed. Another accused Firoz is absconding. All of them were residents of Maharashtra.
Mr. Raman Kumar said Firoz was the mastermind of the transport and offered the lorry driver ₹50,000 to deliver the goods to Aurangabad, while the others were offered ₹50,000 to escort the vehicle.
Police also recovered a lorry, an Innova, four cell phones and ₹7,500 in cash from the arrested people. All these will be produced in court.
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