Hyderabad: The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) on Monday, August 4 busted an interstate drug peddling racket and seized Ganja worth Rs 4.2 crore.
26 bags containing 847 kg Ganja were seized, and two habitual offenders from Odisha were arrested. An SUV, two mobile phones, and a sword were also seized from the accused.
This is the latest drug bust by the EAGLE after 936.611 kg ganja worth Rs 5 crore was seized on July 26. The gang was operating between Odisha and Maharashtra and was intercepted by the Khammam unit of EAGLE in coordination with the Rachakonda police. A truck full of ganja was being escorted by an Innova car and the vehicles was stopped and 35 bags of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) were found beneath empty crates.
The accused confessed that the operation was being run by Pawar Kumar Badu, a repeat offender under the NDPS Act, a native of Maharashtra, in coordination with Sachin Gangaram Chouhan, who is absconding and Vicky Seth, an Odisha-based supplier.
