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Hyderabad: Teacher is drug runner, nabbed with Araku mal'

Marijuana smuggled from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad is called Araku mal' by users in the city.

Hyderabad: A 30-year-old school teacher from Vijayawada who tried to smuggle a huge quantity of ganja from Vishakhapatnam to Hyderabad with an ex-dealer, was nabbed on Tuesday.

The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force intercepted their vehicle at Shah Inayath Gunj and arrested Golla Kalyan Babu and his friend Kimmudu Mahesh and seized 40 kg of ganja from them.

Marijuana smuggled from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad is called ‘Araku mal’ by users in the city.

According to the police, the duo had bought the weed from Thangulam village of Visakhapatnam at a low price and was going to sell it to an agent at Mangalhat for higher price.

Police said Kalyan Babu, a resident of V.D. Puram in Vijayawada, works as a teacher in a private school there.

“He had met Mahesh a few months ago and the two became friends. Mahesh had earlier been jailed for drug peddling.

A few days ago, Kalyan Babu had called Mahesh and asked him if they could smuggle ganja to Hyderabad to earn some quick money. Mahesh agreed and they went to Thangulam in Vizag and bought ganja by paying Rs 5,000 as advance,” said Mr N. Koti Reddy, additional DCP, Commissioner’s Task Force.

Though the police could arrest the duo, two other people, the main seller from Visakhapatnam and the buyer from Mangalhat, are still absconding.

Police has started a manhunt for the duo, and registered a case against the teacher and his friend under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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