Andhra Pradesh: 8 held for supplying drugs in Visakhapatnam

Special Enforcement Bureau assistant DCP Ajitha Vejendla said that NDPS has registered cases against eight persons in connection with drug use, including cannabis, in Visakhapatnam city. She said two young women were arrested in an apartment in Pendurthi and a kg of liquid cannabis and hashish oil were seized from them.

Police also arrested a gang of four members who were transporting 48 kg of cannabis under a gas cylinder and auto seat. In another case, two Hyderabad citizens were also arrested and seven kilograms of cannabis were seized, Ajit Vejendla said.

Earlier in the last month five persons were arrested in connection with the supply of drugs especially LSD to the students in Visakhapatnam.