Police seize 4 L worth ganja, arrest 6 persons in Kothagudem

Kothagudem: Burgampahad police have arrested six persons and seized dried ganja worth around Rs 4 lakh. The police have identified the accused as Beeram Kotesh Reddy, Butta Kantha Rao, Butta Venkat Reddy, M John Babu and M Achi Reddy of Mangampad village of Y Ramavaram mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, and their customer Yakub Pasha of Kothagudem.

According to police, the arrested persons from AP used to procure ganja from Odisha and sell it to their customers in Khammam and Kothagudem. They were taken into custody during a vehicle check on Tuesday evening when they were transporting ganja for selling it to Pasha. The police later arrested Pasha.