Smuggling of ganja and different narcotic substances via the NTR and Krishna districts continues unabated whilst the enforcement authorities involved are making all efforts to crack down on the menace.
Large quantities of the contraband are sometimes smuggled via Vijayawada, a nodal level of transportation between the Agency areas in the North Andhra districts the place ganja is sourced, and cities in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana.
Police have intercepted a number of main ganja hauls in the previous. Recently, a staff of police officers from Madurai of Tamil Nadu arrested a girl named S. Geetha, 26, at Yanamalakuduru for supplying ganja to 4 individuals of Madurai on March 19. The girl had almost 70 kg of ganja in her possession at the time of the arrest.
She was supplying ganja sourced from Rajahmundry to the peddlers whereas staying in the metropolis. Penamaluru Circle Inspector Okay. Govinda Raju mentioned that the girl hails from New Delhi and was earlier booked in an analogous ganja smuggling case in Rajahmundry. Later, she relocated to Vijayawada six months in the past and began supplying ganja to Madurai peddlers with whom she has hyperlinks.
On March 6, the Krishnalanka police arrested Muthinti Sateesh, 25, a pupil from West Godavari district close to Pandit Nehru Bus Station and seized 48.6 grams of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (generally generally known as MDMA or Ecstasy) from his possession. The drug, which is in the type of crystal-shaped tablets, was hidden in a field of payasam (a candy) by Sateesh who was smuggling ganja and MDMA for the previous six months.
Police discovered that Sateesh began by smuggling ganja to Bengaluru with the monetary help of Abdul Mishal Ahmed (22), a local of Kerala finding out in Kakinada. Later, Mishal engaged Sateesh to smuggle MDMA manufactured by him in Bengaluru to Kakinada and Hyderabad. Sateesh, who was supposed to provide the medicine to Mahendran, a local of Tamil Nadu residing in Peddapuram, Gokul Krishna of Kerala, Akhil of Hyderabad and Alex and Vijay of Kakinada, was arrested in the metropolis. Later, three others had been arrested.
Concerted operations taken up, says Krishna SP
Krishna district Superintendent of Police P. Joshua mentioned that the focus on ganja smuggling has been increased and police have lately taken up concerted operations to crack down on the ganja provide chain big-time.
He mentioned that to this point, most of the exercise towards ganja smuggling comprised interception of the smugglers upon receiving info. “What we have taken up now is beyond just intercepting smugglers. We suspect most of the smugglers use bus stands, railway stations and regular parcel services and surveillance at such locations was heightened,” Mr. Joshua mentioned.
We are additionally coordinating with the police of neighbouring districts and States to collect details about the accused in our district, he added.
