Overview
- Police intercepted the group near Haj House in Nampally while they were waiting to board a private bus to Maharashtra and arrested three adults and one juvenile.
- Officers seized 23 kg of marijuana, two mobile phones and ₹7,000 in cash from the suspects as evidence in the case.
- Interrogation identified the arrested adults as a husband-and-wife pair, Amit and Seema, and a third courier, and said the group had been moving consignments on commission for about six months.
- Police say the 23 kg consignment was bought in the Araku agency area at about ₹6,000 per kg, giving the haul an estimated value near ₹12 lakh, and that the supplier named Govind is at large.
- A case has been registered at Abids police station and investigators are tracing the alleged supplier plus three named intended recipients in Maharashtra as they probe the wider inter-state supply chain.