Hyderabad: An MBA student studying in a city engineering college and two others who were selling ganja to engineering students were caught by Rachakonda police on Friday.
The suspects are Prakash Chandra, 24, studying MBA at the St Mary's Engineering College, Kumar Sanu, 25, working for a medical decoding company and Vijay Singh, 27, working as a chef in Mount Opera.
Police recovered 450 grams of the 3 kg ganja which they had smuggled from Odisha sometime back.
Based on a tip off, police arrested the trio and found shocking facts.
Prakash and Kumar hail from Odisha while Vijay belongs to Rajasthan.
A few months ago, Prakash, while coming from Odisha brought with him 3 kg ganja by train and started selling it to customers at Rs 200 a sachet of 8 to 10 grams. The Hayathnagar inspector said the trio were addicted to ganja but after understanding trade secrets they became peddlers and started smuggling it.
He said that out of the 3 kg which they claim to have smuggled from Odisha, police could seize only 450 grams.
“They would have already sold it in institutions located in the surroundings. These people are only a small part of a huge racket which is in business since years. More people are suspected to be involved in the racket,” he said.
Police arrested the trio and recovered ganja worth Rs 20,000 weighing 450 grams.
Investigations revealed that Vijay Singh who works as a chef in Mount Opera maintained a customer base which contains names of frequent visitors to the resort and also students from surrounding colleges.
Customers used to approach him and Prakash would deliver the stock to them. Kumar also helped Vijay and Prakash in selling ganja.
