Ganja racket busted, three smugglers arrested in Ongole

Ongole: Prakasam district police announced the busting of a gang racket and arrest of three persons. The arrested persons, the police said, had been illegally procuring ganja from Visakhapatnam rural and smuggling to Tamil Naud and various destinations.

At a press conference here on Tuesday, Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal announced that the police had keept a vigil on the movement of drugs and other narcotic components in the district. A round-the-clock surveillance on the two national highways and three State highways passing through the district led to the busting of the racket.

Circle Inspector of Inkollu R Rambabu, sub-inspector of J Panguluru V Mahesh and their staff conducted vehicle checks at Kondamanjuluru village check-post and stopped a vehicle.

On seeing the police approaching, three persons travelling in the vehicle started to run away, but they were chased and nabbed by the police team. He announced that the Inkollu police caught Periya Karuppan Anandan, Perumaldevar Eswaran, Jayaram Rajesh Kumar, all are natives of Kambham village in Theni district in Tamil Nadu and found that they are transporting 200 kg of ganja, concealed in shelves under seats, rooftop, engine chassis and other places.

The SP appreciated the Chirala DSP Y Jayarama Subbareddy, Inkollu CI R Rambabu, SB-II CI N Srikanth, CCS CI G Ramarao, J Panguluru SI U Mahesh and others for their contribution in busting the racket.