HYDERABAD: Six peddlers were arrested and 500 kilos of ganja was seized from their possession in two separate cases in Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Sunday.
Bhadrachalam police conducting vehicle check at forest checkpost intercepted a four-wheeler, an auto and a bike. Police checked the vehicles and found 300 kilos of ganja worth Rs 45 lakh. Cops arrested the peddlers — K Duniya, Nayak Rajesh, D Rajesh and B Domu of Donkarayi village in Andhra Pradesh. The accused were transporting the contraband from Parvathi Nagar in Sileru to Sarapaka in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.
Another team of Bhadradri Kothagudem police intercepted a car travelling from Kothagudem to Khammam in Chunchupalli at 8am on Sunday and arrested Afroz and Parashuram of Karnataka for transporting 200 kilos of ganja worth Rs 32 lakh from Chintoor area of AP to Bidar in Karnataka.
The accused were booked under the NDPS Act and they were sent to judicial custody.