AP Govt to set up Special Task Force to nab the Smuggling

Andhra Pradesh: Rajamundry, June 25: The Andhra Pradesh state government is planning to set up a special task force to nab the ganja smuggling, which is similar to the one dealing with red sanders in the state.

The STF will find out the area where ganja is being cultivated by availing of high-end technology, destroy it, nab the culprits, book cases, do a proper investigation and pursue the cases in the courts properly to ensure the conviction.

It held a meeting earlier in Rajahmundry, and recently in Visakhapatnam on June. 21. Ganja smugglers change their modus operandi frequently to evade the police.

Now, the smugglers smuggle small quantities of ganja from the interior agencies to the plain areas in scooty dickeys.

The police say as college students, main girls, arrive at Rampachodavaram Agency area to visit tourist spots at Maredumilli and other areas from Kakinada, Rajahmundry and other areas on bikes and scooties, the smugglers intend to smuggle the ganja in such bikes presuming that they can evade police.

However, the police detected their modus operandi and intensified the vigil by frisking bikes in the Agency areas.

Rampachodavaram ASP Adnan Nayeem Asmi said, "A dedicated force like STF mainly to tackle ganja smuggling is likely to be formed shortly in the state."