In a major haul, the Narsipatnam rural police seized around 514 kg of ganja worth about Rs 60 lakh and arrested seven people including four inter-state drug smugglers after a tip-off
The contraband was being transported from Nellimetta area of the Gabbada panchayat under Narsipatnam police station limits in the district today.u00a0
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However, 14 people who were involved in the operation fled the spot after seeing the police. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Narsipatnam, Vishal Gunny told PTI that those arrested have been identified as P Chandram, S Pandey, P Raman and a lday called Selvi, who belong to various parts of Tamil Nadu, besides natives of Nasripatnam like G Narasimham and B SattiBabu and C Ramu.
The police officials said that the smugglers had procured the 'Sheelavathi' variety of the drug from the Chintrakonda area of the Andhra-Odisha Border and few other parts of the Vizag Agency area and had it packed in 22 bags to transport it to Tamil Nadu.u00a0