AP: ganja worth Rs 40 lakh seized

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam
Last Updated : May 30 2014 | 10:21 PM IST
The Prohibition and Excise Department sleuths seized about 360 kg of dry ganja, worth about Rs 40 lakh, and arrested two men near Vanjari village under G Madugula police station limits in Vizag agency today.
Two others managed to flee.
A police team led by inspector L Upendra intercepted a van travelling from G Madugula with a fake Andhra Pradesh number plate and seized the contraband.
Pandia Rajan of Madurai in Tamil Nadu and Naidu Srinivas of Rajahmundry in East Godavari district were arrested.
They were allegedly taking the ganja to Tamil Nadu.
Police registered a case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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First Published: May 30 2014 | 10:21 PM IST

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