Hyderabad Dec 12 (PMI): On receipt of information from reliable sources Malkajgiri Zone, Rachakonda, along with Nacharam Police nabbed two interstate Ganja peddlers namely Mamidi Ratnam and Lacha Naga Venkata Krishnaveni for illegal possession of Ganja in order to sell the same to the needy customers to earn easy money. Eighteen Kilo gram Ganja net cash Rs 28,700-00 (Rupees Twenty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred only), two mobile phones all worth of about Rs 228700-00 (Rupees Two Lakh twenty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred only) from their possession.
Both the accused A-1 & A-2 belong to Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh State. Since they belong to Visakhapatnam agency area, they somehow developed intimacy with the Ganja agents in the agency area. Thus, since some period, both of them used to indulge in illicit transportation and selling the contraband drug i.e. Ganja to the needy customers and earning easy money.
According to the Press Note the accused recently, noticed that there is much demand for Ganja in Hyderabad City. As such, they planned to extend their business in the surrounding area of Hyderabad City. According to their plan, about two days ago, both the accused A-1 Mamidi Ratnam and A-2 Lacha Naga Venkata Krishnaveni procured (18) KGs of Ganja from their source in Visakhapatnam agency area at the cheaper rate @ Rs.5000/- per Kg, packed it in (9) packets i.e. (2) Kgs in each packet, kept the same in travelling bags underneath their other belongings and came to Hyderabad by bus under the guise of common passengers in order to sell the Ganja to the needy customers @ Rs.10,000/-.
The above accused arrest were made under the supervision of Sri. Mahesh M Bhagwat IPS, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, Sri G. Sudheer Babu, IPS., Addl. Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda under the direct guidance of Sri J. Surender Reddy, Addl. Dy. Commissioner of Police, SOT Rachakonda by G. Naveen Kumar, Inspector SOT Malkajgiri Zone, Sub-Inspector G. Srikanth Goud and staff of SOT Malkajgiri and Nacharam police. (Press Media of India).