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West Bengal native arrested with 1 kg ganja in Kachiguda
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The Siasat Daily
Hyderabad: Officials of the Prohibition and Excise Department’s District Task Force (DTF) arrested a man for allegedly selling narcotic substances.
They also seized 1.1 kg of ganja and 2 grams of brown sugar from his possession.
The accused, identified as Wasim Sheikh, a native of West Bengal, was caught during a raid conducted on Nallakunta Road in the Kachiguda area when he was allegedly selling ganja.
Inspector Praveen Kumar said the accused, along with the seized narcotic substances, was handed over to the Kachiguda Excise Police Station for further investigation and legal action under the provisions of the NDPS Act.
Only recently, Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit–EAGLE Force busted an interstate ganja trafficking syndicate and seized 400 kgs of ganja worth Rs 2 crore and apprehended three people in Khammam district of the state, officials said.