8 Men held, 1350 Kgs of Ganja seized by AP Excise slueths

Vishakapatnam, June 30: The Andhra Pradesh Excise officials have arrested 8 persons and seized over 1,350 kg ganja worth over Rs 43 lakh from Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts here on Thursday.

In Visakhapatnam district, Excise Department officials caught six persons belonging to Maharashtra with a new variety of ganja at Koyyuru Mandal limits on Thursday.

The gang, now in custody, was caught red-handed during vehicle checks on Chintapalli (Visakhapatnam)-Narsipatnamroute near Koyyuru Mandal with 16 bags (nearly 350 kg) of ganja.

The officials said that the gang was traveling in metal chip tippers and hiding the ganja with old clothes after taking stock in Visakha agency areas.

Within a gap of four days, Vizianagarampolice seized over 1,000 kg ganja worth Rs 40 lakh at Laxmipuram village of Jami Mandal.

Enforcement officials said on Thursday that two people were arrested and 1010 kg ganja was seized the police barrack in Vizianagaram.

The excise officials caught a van loaded with ganja in Viziangaram on Thursday at 7:45 AM.