Police seizes 264 kg of dry ganja worth Rs 20 lakh

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam
Last Updated : May 29 2015 | 10:28 PM IST
Rolugunta police seized 264 kg of dry ganja worth Rs 20 lakh and Rs 10,000 in cash from a four-wheeler whose driver was arrested at Kusarlapudi area in the district's Rolugunta mandal, a police official said.
However, three ganja smugglers including the vehicle owner and two others in the vehicle, fled the spot after noticing the police team, Roluganta police sub-inspector K Venkata Rao said.
The driver has been been identified as M Ramana Babu, while the escaped smugglers are native of the BB Patnam area, the police official said.
He said that, acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted a four-wheeler and seized the dry ganja from the vehicle.
Police registered cases against the four people under various sections of the NDPS Act and a probe is on to nab the escaped smugglers.
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First Published: May 29 2015 | 10:28 PM IST

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