BENGALURU: Bangalore zone Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) unearthed an inter-state Ganja selling syndicate in Hyderabad by arresting eight persons and seized 681.8 kg Ganja from them, the NCB, stated in its statement. The seized ganja in 335 packets was meant to be sold in various parts of Pune and Osmanabad districts in Maharashtra.
The Narcotics Control Bureau said that these packets were recovered from three vehicles -Bolero pickup trucks that camouflage like vegetable transporting vehicles, while from boot space of Swift Dzire and Honda city car. According to a statement released by the NCB here, the arrested are identified as S. Pawar, V. Pawar, B. Ware, M. Dhotre, D. Deshmukh, R. Gunjal, A. Gandhi and S. Sanap.
The NCB added that the syndicate used to procure such large quantity of ganja from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and sell it The NCB added that they acted on tip-off and seized such a huge quantity of banned substance from Pedda Amberpet Toll Plaza in Rangareddy district in Telangana.
"The consignment was concealed in compressed form and kept in a brick like 335 packets and wrapped with brown colour adhesive tapes," the NCB explained. According to the NCB, the consignment was passing through Andhra-Odisha border and illegal ganja cultivation is largely concentrated in Naxal infested Andhra-Odisha border areas.
The note added that difficult terrain and inaccessibility makes these areas difficult for law enforcement agencies to destroy illegal cultivation of ganja.
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