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Police seize 168 kg ganja; 4 held
The arrested were identified as Reddy Narasimha Murthy (28), Singampalli Sattibabu (50), Datla Ramaraju (56), all natives of various places in the district and Sandeep Kumar Khatri (28), a native of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
Visakhapatnam: The rural police arrested four persons and seized 168 kgs ganja from them while they were making the arrangements to transport the contraband in a four-wheeler at Pallavuru under KD Peta police station limits in the district on Thursday.
The arrested were identified as Reddy Narasimha Murthy (28), Singampalli Sattibabu (50), Datla Ramaraju (56), all natives of various places in the district and Sandeep Kumar Khatri (28), a native of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
Circle Inspector of Koyyuru, R Mallikarjuna Rao said that Reddy Narasimha Murthy has been involved in three ganja smuggling cases under Rolugunta police station limits and Sattibabu in one case under Narsipatnam police station limits.
The inspector said that the four members gang procured ganja from parts of Chintapalle and stored at Pallavuru. Acting on a tipoff, the police conducted a surprise raid and seized the contraband, a van, five mobile phones and Rs 1,500 cash and arrested them. However, one more accused T Venkateswara Rao managed to escape from the spot. The police registered a case under various Sections of NDPS Act and investigating.
