More than ₹80 lakh worth ganja seized in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli

In a significant catch, the Nakkapalli police arrested 4 people who had been allegedly making an attempt to move 840 kg of ganja in Anakapalli district to Karnataka on Wednesday (July 9, 2025.)

Although the seized ganja was procured for about ₹42 lakh in Odisha, it’s estimated to be price ₹80 lakh in some Northern States, as per the police.

The arrested had been recognized as P. Arjuna Rao (32), of Rolugunta mandal, Ok. Divakar (23) of Golugonda mandal, V. Suresh (23) from Chintapalli, ASR district and Y. Ramana (60) of Nakkapalli mandal.

Addressing a press convention at Anakapalli, Superintendent of Police, Tuhin Sinha mentioned that an individual named S. Arjun from Chintapalli mandal in ASR district alongside along with his associates Ok. Nagaraju, P. Arjuna Rao and V. Suresh had procured the ganja from Odisha. They packed the 840 kg of ganja in 20 baggage, and transported the ganja in a automobile from Odisha until Downuru through Darakonda and Chintapalli.

To make sure they don’t get caught by the police groups at a verify posts, the smugglers carried the ganja via the forest space to some extent. After crossing the verify posts, they reloaded the ganja into the automobile and continued their journey via Narsipatnam and Tallapalem, enroute Karnataka.

Primarily based on credible info, Nakkapalli Inspector of Police, Ok. Kumara Swamy and workforce carried out automobile checks at Vedullapalem Junction and busted ganja case. The SP mentioned manhunt has been launched to arrest a couple of extra accused concerned within the case.