Overview
- Telangana’s EAGLE Force with Chityal police arrested dhaba owner Gurmeet Singh on January 9 near Chityal and seized nine kilograms of opium poppy husk classified as intermediate quantity.
- Investigators said Singh sold the husk to highway truck drivers at about ₹6,000 per kg after buying it for ₹1,800, with the accused and contraband handed to Chityal police for further action.
- Hyderabad excise teams seized a total of 6.33 kilograms of ganja in two cases tied to sales near Narayanguda and Saroornagar, while the EAGLE Force separately arrested two men in Nalgonda with 4.5 kilograms allegedly sourced via Odisha.
- Guntur district police reported 11 arrests and 4.4 kilograms of ganja recovered in two January 9 cases linked to supplies from Odisha and Araku, including sales to raise a supplier’s legal expenses.
- Guwahati police recovered about 9.63 kilograms of ganja in coordinated raids with multiple arrests, and Jammu & Kashmir Police detained or arrested nine suspects across the UT with varied contraband under NDPS and PIT-NDPS provisions.