The total cost of the seized ganja in the two raids was Rs.10.75 lakh: Officials
Hyderabad: The sleuths of Prohibition and Excise department on Saturday arrested a person on charges of hiding ganja wrapped in newspapers in the pooja room at his house in Dhoolpet. He brought ganja from Odisha to sell it to persons known to him.
Following information that two persons smuggled ganja from Odisha and sold it at two different places, an excise team led by Excise State Task Force (STF) Superintendent N Anji Reddy raided the house of one Rohan Singh (23) at Indiranagar in Dhoolpet.
The team members first searched Rahul Singh’s bike and seized the contraband and on suspicion that he might have hidden the substance at his house, they raided the house. “We searched the entire house but could not find the contraband. We then checked the pooja room thoroughly only to find ganja behind the photo frames of Gods. The substance was wrapped in newspapers,” an official said.
Rohan Singh also performed pooja after hiding ganja in the room, the official said, adding that the total weight of the seized ganja was around 10.9 kgs and arrested Rohan Singh.
In a separate raid, the excise team arrested four persons including two women for possessing ganja illegally. As many as 10.4 kgs of ganja was seized from the possession of the arrested persons Sankeer Singh, Susheel Singh, Saritha and Swapna.
One more person identified as Rajveer Bariq was absconding in the case. Officials said the total cost of the seized ganja in the two raids was Rs.10.75 lakh.
