168kg ganja seized in Visakhapatnam district; four arrested

Police today seized 168kg of dry ganja and arrested four persons in this district of Andhra Pradesh.
Acting on a tip-off, rural police apprehended the four smugglers when they were making arrangements to transport the contraband weighing 168kg in a van at Pallavuru under KD Peta Police Station limits, said Circle Inspector R Mallikarjuna Rao.
The arrested were identified as Reddy Narasimha Murthy (28), Singampalli Sattibabu (50), Datla Ramaraju (56), all native of Visakhapatnam district, and D Sandeep Kumar Khatik (28), a resident of Bhopal.
Murthy and Sattibabu were earlier, too, involved in ganja smuggling cases, Rao said.
The Inspector said the four-member gang had procured the ganja from parts of Chintapalle and stored at Pallavuru.

Police also seized the van, besides five mobile phones and Rs 1,500 in cash from the arrested persons.