2 ganja peddlers held in Mancherial

Mancherial: The police detained two Ganja peddlers and seized 58 packets of banned ganja from them at Hajipur police station limits, informed ACP Ghouse Baba at a press meet at CC Naspur in Mancherial district on Friday.

According to the ACP, acting over a tip off, the police arrested the duo when they were distributing ganja packets at Rapalli area in Hajipur. The arrested were identified as Goskula Mahender (22), resident of Rapalli of Hajipur and Moshin Khan (21), resident of Adilabad district. The accused will make small packets of ganja of 20 grams and sell each at a cost of Rs 200 to Rs 300 in the market to labourers and students secretly.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Rakshitha K Murthy, Inspector Y Krishna Kumar, SI Hajipur, B Chandar and others were present.