Andhra Pradesh Police Seize Cannabis Worth 40 Lakhs

Seizures in Alluri District

The Andhra Pradesh Police seized cannabis worth 40 lakhs and a car in two separate cases in the area of Motugudem Police Station, Chintoor Circle, Alluri District.

Details of the Seizures

Assistant Superintendent of Police Rahul Meena revealed that the total amount of seized cannabis was around 40 lakhs. In one case, police seized around 550 kgs of ganja being transported from Motugudem to Morena, Madhya Pradesh in a van. Five persons from Madhya Pradesh, named Amit Giri, Shiva Dayal Dore, Alok Gotham, Ranjit Mavai, and Durgesh Goswami, bought the ganja from a person named Sanjeev from Odisha and loaded it in a forest on the outskirts of Motugudem village.

In another case, police arrested a man named Majji Venkat Sumanth while transporting 250 kgs of ganja from Mangampadu to Hyderabad via Bhadrachalam in an Amaze car.

Police Statement

ASP Rahul Meena revealed in a media conference in Chintur that many people rent out their cars to cannabis transporters without knowing them. The ganja transporters hire these vehicles with false information and use them for illegal activities.