News:2020-01-24/Trafficking/telangana-police-bust-gang-smuggling-ganja-to-sri-lanka-from-andhra-4-held

24 January 2020

Trafficking

India·Telangana·Mahabubnagar District·Thatikonda

Telangana police bust gang smuggling ganja to Sri Lanka from Andhra, 4 held

Mahabubnagar Police in Telangana uncovered an international smuggling network after a car loaded with 180 kg of cannabis (98 packets) from Sileru in Visakhapatnam district crashed into a lorry near Thatikonda. Four suspects were arrested; four remain at large. The network sourced cannabis at Sileru, transported it by car through Telangana to Madurai in Tamil Nadu, then to Rameswaram for sea smuggling to Sri Lanka. Police revealed the complete pricing chain: Rs. 6,000/kg at Sileru (Visakhapatnam), Rs. 11,000/kg in Hyderabad, Rs. 12,000–13,000/kg in Chennai, and up to Rs. 18,000/kg in Sri Lanka. Two of the arrested were habitual offenders with prior ganja transport convictions from 2009, 2014, and 2018. The gang had completed two prior successful trips before being caught on their third run via an alternative Telangana route.

Source: https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/telangana-police-bust-gang-smuggling-ganja-sri-lanka-andhra-4-held-116720

2020-01-24 Trafficking Telangana police bust gang smuggling ganja to Sri Lanka from Andhra, 4 held Mahabubnagar Police in Telangana uncovered an international smuggling network after a car loaded with 180 kg of cannabis (98 packets) from Sileru in Visakhapatnam district crashed into a lorry near Thatikonda. Four suspects were arrested; four remain at large. The network sourced cannabis at Sileru, transported it by car through Telangana to Madurai in Tamil Nadu, then to Rameswaram for sea smuggling to Sri Lanka. Police revealed the complete pricing chain: Rs. 6,000/kg at Sileru (Visakhapatnam), Rs. 11,000/kg in Hyderabad, Rs. 12,000–13,000/kg in Chennai, and up to Rs. 18,000/kg in Sri Lanka. Two of the arrested were habitual offenders with prior ganja transport convictions from 2009, 2014, and 2018. The gang had completed two prior successful trips before being caught on their third run via an alternative Telangana route. https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/telangana-police-bust-gang-smuggling-ganja-sri-lanka-andhra-4-held-116720 India Telangana Mahabubnagar District Thatikonda 16° 33' 0.00" N, 77° 36' 0.00" E