Techies held for peddling Ganja in Hyderabad

  Two software engineers were arrested by the police on Wednesday for peddling ganja here at Borabanda in the city. The police also took a few smugglers into custody and recovered 10 kg of ganja.

The arrested were identified as Sai Charan (24) and Srikanth (23) who are learned to have sold ganja to youth in Ameerpet, SR Nagar, Banjara Hills and Madhapur. The ganja has been procured from Araku in Vishakapatnam.

Sai and Srikanth admitted to having committed the crime. They said that they have sold 25 gm of ganja for Rs 500 and 50 gm for Rs 1000.